Feasibility of a RARE-based sequence for quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI of the spine

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2872-2879

  Raya, Jose G ^a   Dietrich, O ^a   Birkenmaier, C ^a   Sommer, J ^a   Reiser, M F ^a   Baur Melnyk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow disease; Diffusions study magnetic resonance (MR); Magnetic resonance (MR); Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW TUMOR; CANCER INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE DISEASE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 35348944073     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0618-x     Document Type: Article

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