Contrast enhancement of the anterior eye segment and infarachnoid space: Detection in the normal state by heavily T 2-weighted 3D FLAIR

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Yamazaki, Masahiro ^a   Kawai, Hisashi ^a   Sone, Michihiko ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior eye segment; Contrast enhancement; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 84857412219     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.10.193     Document Type: Article

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