MRI of the Cranial Nerves-More than Meets the Eye: Technical Considerations and Advanced Anatomy

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-231

  Casselman, Jan ^a   Mermuys, Koen ^a   Delanote, Joost ^a   Ghekiere, Johan ^a   Coenegrachts, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomy, Cross Sectional; Cranial Nerves; Cranial Nerves, anatomy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, anatomy; Skull Base

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ACCESSORY NERVE; ANATOMY; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY TRACT; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 42949139888     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2008.02.002     Document Type: Review

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