Reduced artefacts and improved assessment of hyperintense brain lesions with BLADE MR imaging in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1216-1222

  Von Kalle, Thekla ^a   Blank, Bernd ^b   Fabig Moritz, Claudia ^a   Müller Abt, Peter ^a   Zieger, Michael ^a   Wohlfarth, Katrin ^c   Winkler, Peter ^a  

^a Olgahospital ^*  (Germany)

^b OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artefact; Children; K space; MRI; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72849136945     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1370-y     Document Type: Article

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