Journal article
Detection of normal spinal veins by using susceptibility‐weighted imaging
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the visualization of the spinal veins using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 1.5-T magnet equipped with a spine matrix coil was used. Axial SWI scans of 20 healthy volunteers were obtained with a three-dimensional fast low-angle shot (3D-FLASH) sequence. Maximum intensity projection (MIP) of the phase images were reconstructed and five MIP images (at the levels of T11, T11/12, T12, T12/L1, and …
Authors
Ishizaka K; Kudo K; Fujima N; Zaitsu Y; Yazu R; Tha KK; Terae S; Haacke EM; Sasaki M; Shirato H
Journal
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 32–38
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.1002/jmri.21989
ISSN
1053-1807