Fat-suppression techniques for 3-T MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system

Radiographics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 217-233

  Grande, Filippo Del ^a   Santini, Francesco ^b   Herzka, Daniel A ^c   Aro, Michael R ^a   Dean, Cooper W ^d   Gold, Garry E ^e   Carrino, John A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTHROPATHY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892757374     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.341135130     Document Type: Article

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