MR imaging of the brachial plexus: Comparison between 1.5-T and 3-T MR imaging: Preliminary experience

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-724

  Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Succio, Giulia ^c   Emanuele Neumaier, Carlo ^a   Serafini, Giovanni ^c   Ghidara, Matteo ^c   Calabrese, Massimo ^a   Martinoli, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

1.5 T MR; 3 T MR; Brachial plexus; Image quality; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955727728     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-1050-x     Document Type: Article

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