MR cisternography using a three-dimensional half-Fourier single-shot fast spin-echo sequence

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 424-426

  Tsuchiya, K ^a   Yamakami, N ^a   Hachiya, J ^a   Kassai, Y ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cisternography; Cranial nerves; Half Fourier imaging; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY NERVE; PATHOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OLFACTORY NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031601517     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050405     Document Type: Article

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