Three-dimensional fluid attenuated inversion recovery imaging with isotropic resolution and nonselective adiabatic inversion provides improved three-dimensional visualization and cerebrospinal fluid suppression compared to two-dimensional flair at 3 tesla

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 547-551

  Chagla, Gulzar Hameed ^a   Busse, Reed F ^b   Sydnor, Ryan ^c   Rowley, Howard A ^c   Turski, Patrick A ^c,d  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 49849083144     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181814d28     Document Type: Article

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