Multi-contrast, isotropic, single-slab 3D MR imaging in multiple sclerosis

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2311-2320

  Moraal, Bastiaan ^a   Roosendaal, Stefan D ^a   Pouwels, Petra J W ^a   Vrenken, Hugo ^a   van Schijndel, Ronald A ^a   Meier, Dominik S ^b   Guttmann, Charles R G ^a   Geurts, Jeroen J G ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical; DIR; FLAIR; Flow artifacts; Infratentorial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049111207     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1009-7     Document Type: Article

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