Quantitative analysis of the diffusion-weighted steady-state free precession signal in vertebral bone marrow lesions

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 601-609

  Biffar, Andreas ^a   Baur Melnyk, Andrea ^a   Schmidt, Gerwin P ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Dietrich, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; Steady state free precession; Vertebral compression fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE CANCER; SPINE TUMOR; VERTEBRA LESION; VERTEBRAL BONE MARROW;

EID: 80052497389     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31821e637d     Document Type: Article

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