Magnetic resonance imaging of the cranial nerves in the posterior fossa: A comparative study of t2-weighted spin-echo sequences at 1.5 and 3.0 tesla

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Fischbach, F ^a,b   Muller M ^a,b   Bruhn, H ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; brain brainstem; CNS; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANATOMY; BRAIN/BRAINSTEM; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY CRITERIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MR IMAGING; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION; T2-WEIGHTED IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 42449105362     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701824127     Document Type: Article

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