title: [MRI evaluation of the olfactory pathway].
abstract: MRI scanning is an important technique to evaluate the olfactory system, special scanning parameters could reveal the fine structures of the olfactory pathway. Olfactory cleft, olfactory bulb/tract, olfactory sulcus and olfactory center are the main targets of the scanning. Chronic rhino-sinusitis, head trauma, congenital dysplasia and neural degenerative diseases are the primary causes of the olfactory dysfunction and have particular imaging presentations respectively. Besides indicating the olfactory pathway lesions, MRI could also present the etiology and the prognosis of the olfactory disorder.
authors.forename: Xutao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009830:Olfactory Bulb; D009833:Olfactory Pathways