Observation of contrast enhancement in the cochlear fluid space of healthy subjects using a 3D-FLAIR sequence at 3 Tesla

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 733-737

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Komada, Tomomi ^a   Fukatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^a   Takizawa, Osamu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Contrast enhancement; Endolymph; Magnetic resonance; Perilymph

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLYMPH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERILYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELIABILITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COCHLEA; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERILYMPH;

EID: 33746588678     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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