Improved differentiation between MS and vascular brain lesions using FLAIR* at 7 Tesla

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 841-849

  Kilsdonk, Iris D ^a   Wattjes, Mike P ^a   Lopez Soriano, Alexandra ^a   Kuijer, Joost P A ^a   De Jong, Marcus C ^a   De Graaf, Wolter L ^a   Conijn, Mandy M A ^a   Polman, Chris H ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^b   Geurts, Jeroen J G ^c   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^b   Barkhof, Frederik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diagnostic accuracy; High field; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATION INVERSION RECOVERY; HEAD COIL; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896315078     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3080-y     Document Type: Article

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