Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Fluid-Attenuated Inversion-Recovery and Delayed Contrast-Enhanced Brain MRI in Multiple Sclerosis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Bagheri, Mohammad Hadi ^a   Meshksar, Arash ^a   Nabavizadeh, Seyyed Ali ^a   Borhani Haghighi, Afshin ^a   Ashjazadeh, Nahid ^a   Nikseresht, Alireza R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain; contrast enhanced; FLAIR; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36749077599     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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