Comparison of ESWAN, SWI-SPGR, and 2D T2*-weighted GRE sequence for depicting cerebral microbleeds

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-127

  Guo, L F ^a   Wang, G ^a   Zhu, X Y ^a   Liu, C ^a   Cui, L ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral microbleeds; Hypertensive; Magnetic resonance imaging; T2*weighted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENHANCED THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTI ECHO GRE T2 WEIGHTED ANGIOGRAPHY SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO SEQUENCE; T2 WEIGHTED GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO SEQUENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84879203160     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-012-0185-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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