Detecting lesions in multiple sclerosis at 4.7 Tesla using phase susceptibility-weighting and T2-weighting

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Eissa, Amir ^a   Lebel, R Marc ^a   Korzan, Jeff R ^a   Zavodni, Anna E ^a   Warren, Kenneth G ^a   Catz, Ingrid ^a   Emery, Derek J ^a   Wilman, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

4.7T; Fast spin echo; High field; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Phase imaging; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 70349705886     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21926     Document Type: Article

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