Fat-suppressed T2* sequences for routine 3.0-Tesla lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging: A preliminary report

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 790-794

  McKinney, A M ^a,c   Gadani, S ^b   Palmer, C S ^b   Vidarsson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat suppression; Gradient echo; Lumbar; MRI; Spine; SPIR; T2 weighted

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GERMANIUM; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; VISUALIZATION;

AXIAL GRADIENTS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASES; FAST SPIN-ECHO; FAT SUPPRESSION; FLOW VOIDS; GRADIENT ECHO; INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS; INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST; INVERSION-RECOVERY; LUMBAR; LUMBAR SPINES; MR IMAGING; MRI; NETHERLANDS; PHILIPS; PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS; PRE-SATURATION; SLICE THICKNESS; SPINE; SPIR; T2 WEIGHTED;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 50149093861     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802167509     Document Type: Article

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