Imaging of the wrist at 1.5 Tesla using isotropic three-dimensional fast spin echo cube

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 908-915

  Stevens, Kathryn J ^a   Wallace, Charles G ^a   Chen, Weitian ^b   Rosenberg, Jarrett K ^a   Gold, Garry E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D FSE cube; Isotropic; MRI; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THREE DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO CUBE; TWO DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO CUBE; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLES; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIN TRAPPING; WRIST;

EID: 79953241701     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22494     Document Type: Article

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