Choice of echo time on GRE T2*-weighted MRI influences the classification of brain microbleeds

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-394

  Gregoire, S M ^a   Werring, D J ^a   Chaudhary, U J ^a   Thornton, J S ^b   Brown, M M ^a   Yousry, T A ^b   Jager H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950328896     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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