Intracranial magnetic resonance imaging artifacts and pseudolesions in dogs and cats

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-595

  Cooper, Jocelyn J ^a   Young, Benjamin D ^a   Hoffman, Anton ^a   Bratton, Gerald ^a   Hicks, Daniel G ^a   Tidwell, Amy ^b   Levine, Jonathan M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Imaging Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF signal void; FLAIR; Petrous temporal bone; Pituitary lobe hyperintensity; Susceptibility artifact; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 78349291556     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2010.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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