Contrast enhancement of the cochlear aqueduct in MR imaging: Its frequency and clinical significance

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 626-630

  Nakamura, T ^a   Naganawa, S ^a   Fukatsu, H ^a   Sakurai, Y ^a   Aoki, I ^b   Ninomiya, A ^b   Nakashima, T ^a   Ishigaki, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear aqueduct; Contrast enhancement; Ear; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR AQUEDUCT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0141920548     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1051-8     Document Type: Article

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