Effective performance of T 1-weighted FLAIR imaging with BLADE in pediatric brains

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Tachibana, Yasuhiko ^a   Niwa, Tetsu ^a   Kwee, Thomas C ^b   Takahara, Taro ^b,c   Kusagiri, Kouki ^a   Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^d   Watanabe, Reiko ^a   Aida, Noriko ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLADE; Motion correction; T 1 FLAIR BLADE; T 1 weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863797214     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.11.17     Document Type: Article

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