Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI at 7.0 Tesla: Comparison with 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-922

  Zwanenburg, Jaco J M ^a,b   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^b   Visser, Fredy ^c   Takahara, Taro ^b   Luijten, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; High field strength; Image contrast; Magnetic resonance imaging; T 2 weighted FLAIR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952094639     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1620-2     Document Type: Article

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