High-resolution depiction of the cranial nerves in the posterior fossa (N III-N XII) with 2D fast spin echo and 3D gradient echo sequences at 3.0 T

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Fischbach, Frank ^a   Müller, Michael ^b   Bruhn, Harald ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; Cranial nerve imaging; High resolution MRI; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

3 T; 3-D RECONSTRUCTION; 3D GRADIENTS; BRAINSTEM; CRANIAL NERVE IMAGING; FAST IMAGING; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FIELD STRENGTHS; GRADIENT ECHOS; HIGH FIELDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HIGH-RESOLUTION MRI; MR-IMAGES; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PULSE SEQUENCES; QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; RATING SCALE; SLICE THICKNESS; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATIONS; THIN SECTIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STEADY STATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349171852     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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