Cervical spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis: T1-weighted inversion-recovery MR imaging with phase-sensitive reconstruction

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 258-264

  Poonawalla, Aziz H ^a   Hou, Ping ^a   Nelson, Flavia A ^a   Wolinsky, Jerry S ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 37349070994     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2463061900     Document Type: Article

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