Targeting the cranial nerve: Microradiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia with CISS and 3D-Flash MR imaging sequences

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 107-110

  Zerris, Vasilios A ^a   Noren, Georg C ^a   Shucart, William A ^a   Rogg, Jeff ^a   Friehs, Gerhard M ^a  

^a NEMC 178 ^*

Author keywords

Constructive inteference in steady state; Cranial nerve; Magnetic resonance imaging; Three dimensional gradient echo; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATROPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 13744251377     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0107     Document Type: Article

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