Improvement of visualization of the intermediofacial nerve in the temporal bone using 3T magnetic resonance imaging: Part 1: The facial nerve

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 782-788

  Burmeister, Hartmut Peter ^a   Hause, Franziska ^a   Baltzer, Pascal Andreas Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Volk, Gerd Fabian ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Sedlacik, Jan ^a   Mentzel, Hans Joachim ^a   Kaiser, Werner Alois ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; Facial nerve; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stapedial nerve; Topography

Indexed keywords

BONE; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE;

3 T; BRANCH STRUCTURE; FACIAL NERVE; IDENTIFIABILITY; LAYER THICKNESS; STAPEDIAL NERVE; SURFACE COILS; T1-WEIGHTED; T2 WEIGHTED; TEMPORAL BONE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CONTRAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPORAL BONE; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349741307     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31818da6bb     Document Type: Article

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