Balanced steady-state free-precession MR imaging for measuring pulsatile motion of cerebellar tonsils during the cardiac cycle: A reliability study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-138

  Sharma, Aseem ^a,b,c   Parsons, Matthew S ^a,b,c   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chiari malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE; TONSIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857062625     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0861-3     Document Type: Article

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