Comparison of FSE T2W and 3D FIESTA sequences in the evaluation of posterior fossa cranial nerves with MR cisternography

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 56-60

  Hatipoǧlu, Hatice Gül ^a   Durakoǧlugil, Tuǧba ^b   Ciliz, Deniz ^b   Yüksel, Enis ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cistemography; Cranial nerves; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TINNITUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250012341     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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