Fusion imaging of three-dimensional magnetic resonance cisternograms and angiograms for the assessment of microvascular decompression in patients with hemifacial spasms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-89

  Satoh, Toru ^a   Onoda, Keisuke ^b   Date, Isao ^b  

^a Ryofukai Satoh Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cranial nerve; Magnetic resonance cisternography; Neurovascular compression; Neurovascular contact; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846282054     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.1.82     Document Type: Article

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