Identification of calcification with MRI using susceptibility-weighted imaging: A case study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Wu, Zhen ^a   Mittal, Sandeep ^b   Kish, Karl ^c   Yu, Yingjian ^c   Hu, J ^c   Haacke, E Mark ^a,c,d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MRI Institute for Biomedical Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Magnetic susceptibility; Phase imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHT IMAGING; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 60149100313     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21617     Document Type: Article

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