MR imaging of the inner ear: Comparison of a three-dimensional fast spin-echo sequence with use of a dedicated quadrature-surface coil with a gadolinium-enhanced spoiled gradient-recalled sequence

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 679-685

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Ito, Tokiko ^a   Fukatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a   Ichinose, Nobuyasu ^b   Kassai, Yukimori ^b   Miyazaki, Mitsue ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ear, abnormalities; Ear, anatomy; Ear, MR; Nerve, abnormalities; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABYRINTHITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031781923     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.3.9722845     Document Type: Article

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