title: MRI detection of olfactory bulb and tract.
abstract: Thirty healthy volunteers underwent MRI with 3D MP-RAGE, 3D CISS and 2D turbo spin echo sequences to compare the detectability of olfactory fibers, bulb, tract, and sulcus. The overall detectability was slightly better using MP-RAGE compared with CISS. Both 3D sequences were superior to 2D turbo spin echo. We therefore recommend including the MP-RAGE sequence in an MR imaging protocol of the olfactory nerve.
authors.affiliation: Départment of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fründ
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Nitz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haffke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hees
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonkowsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000033:anatomy & histology*