MRI assesment of internal acoustic canal variations using 3D-FIESTA sequences

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-475

  Erdogan, Nezahat ^a   Altay, Canan ^a   Akay, Emrah ^b   Karakas, Levent ^a   Uluc, Engin ^a   Mete, Berna ^a   Oygen, Aysegul ^a   Oyar, Orhan ^a   Gelal, Fazil ^a   Songu, Murat ^a   Katilmis, Huseyin ^a   Çalli, Çaǧlar ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Sakarya Research and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deafness; Facial nerve; Internal auditory canal; MRI; Vertigo; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROTOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TINNITUS; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; AUDITORY CANAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EAR CANAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878351880     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-1994-7     Document Type: Article

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