MRI of the spine and spinal cord: imaging techniques, normal anatomy, artifacts, and pitfalls

C Pierre-Jerome, A Arslan, SI Bekkelund - Journal of manipulative and …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to evaluate the spine and
spinal cord. Objective: In this article, MRI of the spine is discussed in terms of normal …

Paget disease of the breast: a pictorial essay.

ET Burke, MP Braeuning, R McLelland, ED Pisano… - Radiographics, 1998 - pubs.rsna.org
Paget disease of the breast accounts for approximately 2%-3% of breast cancers. It is
characterized by infiltration of the nipple epidermis by adenocarcinoma cells, which cause …

Technical challenges in MR imaging of the cervical spine and cord

ER Melhem - Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America, 2000 - Elsevier
Quality MR imaging of the cervical spine remains a challenge despite recent advances in
hardware design and innovations in pulse sequence development. Difficulties result from …

Understanding chemical shift induced boundary artefacts as a function of field strength: influence of imaging parameters (bandwidth, field-of-view, and matrix size)

PM Parizel, BAAM van Hasselt… - European journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Objective: To study the importance of chemical shift induced boundary artefact (CSA) at
different field strengths and the implications for pulse sequence design with respect to …

Discovertebral junction of the spine-a cadaveric study by spin-echo MR imaging

Y Kakitsubata, K Nabeshima, S Kakitsubata… - Acta …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
To evaluate the MR appearance of the discovertebral junction (DVJ) of the spine, we
examined 161 DVJs in 27 cadaveric spines using superconductive MR imaging. T1-, proton …

High resolution T1 weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the deep brain structures using a reduced bandwidth

R Sigal, J Bittoun, O Jolivet, N Behnam… - The British Journal of …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
High spatial resolution T 1 weighted images of the brain were acquired in 5–13 min on a
whole-body magnetic resonance imager operating at 1.5 T. In order to obtain 5–8 cm field of …