Hypoglossal Nerve Lesions: The Role of a 3D IR‐Prepped Fast SPGR High‐Resolution 3T MRI Sequence
Autor: | Xia Xiaoliang, Wei Chu, Cheng-Jun Geng, Liyue Yang, Hui-Kang Yin, Ze-Hua Lu, Lulu Xuan, Xiao-Liang Yang |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Hypoglossal Nerve High resolution Hypoglossal canal Signal-To-Noise Ratio 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Imaging Three-Dimensional 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Retrospective Studies Sequence (medicine) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Middle Aged Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology (clinical) Nuclear medicine business Hypoglossal nerve 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Journal of Neuroimaging. 31:180-185 |
ISSN: | 1552-6569 1051-2284 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To assess a 3D high-resolution IR-prepped fast SPGR high-resolution MRI sequence for evaluating hypoglossal nerve lesions. METHODS The clinical data of 8 patients with hypoglossal nerve lesions admitted from December 2011 to February 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. MRI included contrast-enhanced conventional sequences and a 3D IR-prepped fast SPGR high-resolution T1-weighted (BRAVO) MRI sequence at 3T. RESULTS Eight patients had hypoglossal lesions detected by MRI. Conventional enhanced scanning could not clearly display the hypoglossal nerve and canal, while the enhanced 3D high-resolution sequence could. In addition, multiple planar reconstruction clearly displayed the hypoglossal nerve, hypoglossal canal, and lesions in multiple planes. CONCLUSIONS Compared with conventional MRI, we show superior results from an advanced sequence to improve image quality in characterizing hypoglossal nerve lesions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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