Susceptibility-weighted imaging at 3 tesla delineates the optic radiation

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-145

  Mori, Nobuyuki ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Kasahara, Seiko ^a   Maeda, Chikara ^a   Kanagaki, Mitsunori ^a   Urayama, Shin Ichi ^a   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 T; Meyer's loop; Optic radiation; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 67651025012     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318193ff25     Document Type: Article

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