Normal cranial nerves in the cavernous sinuses: Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional constructive interference in the steady state MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 946-950

  Yagi, Akiko ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a   Taketomi, Ayako ^a   Nakajima, Takahito ^a   Morita, Hideo ^a   Koyama, Yoshinori ^a   Aoki, Jun ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 30544444729     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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