Water excitation MPRAGE MRI of VII and VIII cranial nerves

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-200

  Litt, Andrew W ^a   Licata, Paul ^a   Knopp, Edmond A ^a   Thomasson, David M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroma

Indexed keywords

VISUALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL NERVES; GADOLINIUM CONTRAST AGENTS; GRADIENT ECHO; LESION DETECTION; NEUROMA; SPIN ECHO;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXCITATION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0029887966     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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