Visualization of endolymphatic hydrops after administration of a standard dose of an intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agent

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 596-601

  Tanigawa, Tohru ^a   Tamaki, Tsuneo ^b   Yamamuro, Osamu ^b   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Nonoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Shiga, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Takashi ^c   Ueda, Hiromi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; 3D FLAIR; imaging findings; inner ear; Meniere's disease; Three dimensional fluid attenuated inversion recovery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENIERE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLYCEROL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 79955983028     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2010.548402     Document Type: Article

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