MR imaging of the cochlear modiolus after intratympanic administration of Gd-DTPA

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Kawai, Hisashi ^a   Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Ishihara, Shunichi ^a   Sone, Michihiko ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Labyrinth; Magnetic resonance; Modiolus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEA; DRUG EFFECT; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEA; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 77953427243     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.9.23     Document Type: Article

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