Susceptibility-weighted imaging of the brain: Does gadolinium administration matter?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-276

  El Koussy, Marwan ^a,b   Schenk, Pascal ^a   Kiefer, Claus ^a   Osman, Omar M ^b   Mordasini, Pasquale ^a   Ozdoba, Christoph ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Gönner, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brain; Gadolinium; MRI; Susceptibility weighted imaging; Venous sinuses

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL SINUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855581930     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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