Hyperintensity in the subarachnoid space on FLAIR MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 913-921

  Stuckey, Stephen L ^a   Goh, Tony D ^b   Heffernan, Theresa ^c   Rowan, David ^d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; CSF; FLAIR; MRI; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOSIS; MENINGITIS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 34748845638     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2424     Document Type: Article

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