Hyperecho-turbo spin-echo sequences at 3T: Clinical application in neuroradiology

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 956-961

  Tetzlaff, R H ^a,b   Mader, Irina ^a   Kuker W ^c   Weber, J ^a   Ziyeh, S ^a,d   Schulze Bonhage, A ^a   Hennig, J ^a   Weigel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERECHO TURBO SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43649084384     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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