Open AccessMagnetic Resonance Imaging of the Normal Temporal Bone
Author(s) -
Ethel Villanueva Sabnis,
Mahmood F. Mafee,
Richard Chen,
Noam Alperin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
topics in magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1536-1004
pISSN - 0899-3459
DOI - 10.1097/00002142-200002000-00003
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , temporal bone , medicine , radiology , nuclear magnetic resonance , anatomy , physics
Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has allowed the development of imaging sequences tailored to the assessment of exquisite anatomic detail of the temporal bone structures. This article describes MRI of the normal temporal bone anatomy, with emphasis on common anatomic variants and clinically relevant structures.