Isotropic 3D fast spin-echo imaging versus standard 2D imaging at 3.0 T of the knee - Image quality and diagnostic performance

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1263-1272

  Ristow, Oliver ^a   Steinbach, Lynne ^a   Sabo, Gregory ^a   Krug, Roland ^a   Huber, Markus ^a   Rauscher, Isabel ^a   Ma, Ben ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative MRI; Knee studies; MRI; Sequences 3D fast spin echo imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAST SPIN ECHO IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64249163122     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1260-y     Document Type: Article

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