PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Davagnanam, I.
AU  - Chavda, S.V.
TI  - Identification of the Normal Jugular Foramen and Lower Cranial Nerve Anatomy: Contrast-Enhanced 3D Fast Imaging Employing Steady-State Acquisition MR Imaging
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A0860
DP  - 2008 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 574--576
VI  - 29
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/3/574.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/3/574.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2008 Mar 01; 29
AB  - SUMMARY: Conventional imaging protocols are unable to visualize the intraforaminal/canalicular segments of the lower cranial nerves (IX–XII). On the basis of previous successful demonstration of individual cranial nerves within the cavernous sinus by constructive interference in steady-state MR imaging, we describe the use of contrast-enhanced 3D fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition MR imaging to demonstrate normal in vivo intraforaminal and canalicular segments of cranial nerves IX–XII in 10 patients by using a standardized imaging protocol.