Three-dimensional isotropic T2-weighted cervical MRI at 3 T: Comparison with two-dimensional T2-weighted sequences

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Kwon, J W ^a   Yoon, Y C ^a   Choi, S H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84855683347     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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