Adjustable shunt valve-induced magnetic resonance imaging artifact: A comparative study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-78

  Toma, Ahmed K ^a   Tarnaris, Andrew ^a   Grieve, Joan P ^a   Watkins, Laurence D ^a   Kitchen, Neil D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adjustable valve; Artifact; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Programmable valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCOMPUTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM;

EID: 77954413872     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS09171     Document Type: Article

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