Three-Dimensional Double-Echo Steady-State (3D-DESS) magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: Contrast optimization by adjusting flip angle

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-511

  Moriya, S ^a   Miki, Y ^b   Yokobayashi, T ^a   Ishikawa, M ^a  

^a Ishikawa Clinic   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Axial; Imaging sequences; Knee; MR imaging; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULTS; AXIAL; IMAGING SEQUENCES; KNEE; MR IMAGING; SKELETAL;

BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; FLUIDS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949138919     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850902849444     Document Type: Article

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