Magnetic resonance imaging of cranial nerves at 7 tesla

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-23

  Grams, A E ^a,b,c   Kraff, O ^b,c   Kalkmann, J ^b   Orzada, S ^b,c   Maderwald, S ^b,c   Ladd, M E ^b,c   Forsting, M ^b,c   Gizewski, E R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cranial nerves; Diagnostic imaging; Image enhancement; Imaging, three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OLFACTORY NERVE; OPTIC NERVE; STEADY STATE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CRANIAL NERVES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874948329     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-012-0144-3     Document Type: Article

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