Contrast-enhanced, three-dimensional, whole-brain, black-blood imaging: Application to small brain metastases

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 553-561

  Park, Jaeseok ^a,b   Kim, Eung Yeop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Black blood; Contrast enhanced; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastatic tumor; MRI; Three dimensional; Variable flip angle

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS;

BLOOD SUPPRESSIONS; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHOS; INVERSION RECOVERY; METASTATIC TUMORS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

BLOOD;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77649084063     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22261     Document Type: Article

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