Detection of normal spinal veins by using susceptibility-weighted imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Ishizaka, Kinya ^a   Kudo, Kohsuke ^b   Fujima, Noriyuki ^a   Zaitsu, Yuri ^a   Yazu, Rie ^c   Tha, Khin Khin ^c   Terae, Satoshi ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^d   Sasaki, Makoto ^b   Shirato, Hiroki ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxygenated hemoglobin; Phase; Spinal veins; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR MEDIA VEIN; ANTERIOR RADICULOMEDULLARY VEIN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR MEDIAN VEIN; POSTERIOR RADICULOMEDULLARY VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL VEIN; SULCAL VEIN; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049096711     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21989     Document Type: Article

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