Comparison of T1-weighted fast spin-echo and T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images of the lumbar spine at 3.0 Tesla

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Lavdas, Eleftherios ^a   Vlychou, Marianna ^a   Arikidis, Nikos ^a   Kapsalaki, Eftychia ^a   Roka, Violetta ^a   Fezoulidis, Ioannis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

3.0T MRI; Fast spin echo (FSE); Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) technique; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FLUID-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERIES; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGING SEQUENCE; LUMBAR SPINES; MEAN AGES; METASTATIC LESIONS; NULLING; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORDS;

DOSIMETRY; FLUIDS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77749268170     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903501650     Document Type: Article

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