Comparing the Double-Echo Steady State with Water Excitation and Constructive Interference in Steady State Sequence Techniques for Identifying Extracranial Facial Nerve and Tumor Positions in Patients with Parotid Tumors.

Xiaoxue Fan Changwei Ding Guyue Zhao Yang Hou

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2024)

CISS achieved diagnostic performance comparable to DESS-WE in parotid tumor localization, with favorable image quality and more reliable morphologic visualization of the facial nerve.

Keyphrases

image quality
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
peripheral nerve
soft tissue
internal carotid artery
dual energy
contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted
quantum dots