Axial 3D gradient-echo imaging for improved multiple sclerosis lesion detection in the cervical spinal cord at 3T

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-439

  Ozturk, Arzu ^a   Aygun, Nafi ^a   Smith, Seth A ^b,c,d   Caffo, Brian ^e   Calabresi, Peter A ^a   Reich, Daniel S ^a,e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer contrast imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84879690444     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1118-5     Document Type: Article

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