Relationship between anterior inferior cerebellar artery and facial-vestibulocochlear nerve complex: An anatomical and magnetic resonance images correlation study

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 306-311

  Yurtseven, Taşkin ^a   Savas R ^a   Kocak A ^a   Turhan, T ^a   Aktas E O ^a   Islekel S ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Facial nerve; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BRAIN ARTERY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 10044243686     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830091     Document Type: Article

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