RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Depiction of the Cranial Nerves Within the Brain Stem with Use of PROPELLER Multishot Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 911
OP 912
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A0957
VO 29
IS 5
A1 Adachi, M.
A1 Kabasawa, H.
A1 Kawaguchi, E.
YR 2008
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/5/911.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Despite the recent progress of MR imaging, visualization of the cranial nerves within the brain stem has not been accomplished. Periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) multishot diffusion-weighted imaging, an effective method for compensating for motion and distortion, offers high-quality diffusion-weighted images. We succeeded in depicting the cranial nerves within the brain stem in some subjects by using this method with motion-probing gradient applied in the superior-inferior direction.