Optimisation of T2*-weighted MRI for the detection of small veins in multiple sclerosis at 3 T and 7 T

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 719-727

  Dixon, Jennifer Elizabeth ^a   Simpson, Ashley ^a   Mistry, Niraj ^a   Evangelou, Nikos ^a   Morris, Peter Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 T; Diagnosis; Magnetic susceptibility; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Small veins

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL VEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875698729     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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