PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Guenette, J.P.
AU  - Seethamraju, R.T.
AU  - Jayender, J.
AU  - Corrales, C.E.
AU  - Lee, T.C.
TI  - MR Imaging of the Facial Nerve through the Temporal Bone at 3T with a Noncontrast Ultrashort Echo Time Sequence
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A5754
DP  - 2018 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1903--1906
VI  - 39
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/10/1903.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/10/1903.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2018 Oct 01; 39
AB  - SUMMARY: The pointwise encoding time reduction with radial acquisition (PETRA) ultrashort echo time MR imaging sequence at 3T enables visualization of the facial nerve from the brain stem, through the temporal bone, to the stylomastoid foramen without intravenous contrast. Use of the PETRA sequence, or other ultrashort echo time sequences, should be considered in the MR imaging evaluation of certain skull base tumors and perhaps other facial nerve and temporal bone pathologies.CNRcontrast-to-noise ratioIR-FSPGRinversion recovery-prepared fast spoiled gradient recalled-echoPETRApointwise encoding time reduction with radial acquisitionUTEultrashort echo time