Delineation of small nerves and blood vessels with three-dimensional fast spin-echo MR imaging: Comparison of presurgical and surgical findings in patients with hemifacial spasm

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1823-1829

  Mitsuoka, Hideyuki ^a   Tsunoda, Akira ^a   Okuda, Osamu ^a   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Makita, Junichi ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toshiba Corporations   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032470816     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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