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3D Cranial Nerve Imaging, a Novel MR Neurography Technique Using Black-Blood STIR TSE with a Pseudo Steady-State Sweep and Motion-Sensitized Driven Equilibrium Pulse for the Visualization of the Extraforaminal Cranial Nerve Branches.

Frederic Van der CruyssenTomas-Marijn CroonenborghsRobert HermansReinhilde JacobsJan W Casselman
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)
This study investigated the feasibility of a 3D black-blood STIR TSE sequence with a pseudo steady-state sweep and motion-sensitized driven equilibrium pulse for extraforaminal cranial nerve imaging on a 3T system. Assessments of healthy volunteers showed near-perfect agreement in nerve visualization with excellent to good visualization of the extraforaminal trigeminal, greater occipital, and facial nerves. Suppression of surrounding tissues was excellent to good. 3D cranial nerve imaging can produce nerve selective imaging of extraforaminal cranial and spinal nerve branches.
Keyphrases
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