Segmented echo planar MR imaging of the brachial plexus with inversion recovery magnetization preparation at 3.0T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 440-444

  Zhang, Zhongwei ^a   Song, Laijing ^a   Meng, Quanfei F ^a,b   Li, Ziping ^a   Luo, Boning ^a   Pei, Zhong ^a   Zeng, Jinsheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Inversion recovery echo planar imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNETIZATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 49049096893     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21304     Document Type: Article

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