T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and T1-weighted fast spin-echo contrast-enhanced imaging: A comparison in 20 patients with brain lesions

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-372

  Al Saeed, O ^a,b   Ismail, M ^c   Athyal, R P ^b   Rudwan, M ^c   Khafajee, S ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Comparison; Contrast enhancement; Fast spin echo imaging; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence; Intracranial imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY SEQUENCE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 68749118619     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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