Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging of the normal brain: Comparisons between under the conditions of 3.0 Tesla and 1.5 Tesla

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Sohn, Chul Ho ^a,c   Sevick, Robert J ^c   Frayne, Richard ^c   Chang, Hyuk Won ^b   Kim, Sang Pyo ^b   Kim, Dae Kwang ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3.0 Tesla; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); Magnetic resonance (MR); Normal Brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IRON STORAGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULVINAR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED NUCLEUS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULVINAR; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 76049095571     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.19     Document Type: Article

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