3D Cranial Nerve Imaging, a Novel MR Neurography Technique Using Black-Blood STIR TSE with a Pseudo Steady-State Sweep and Motion-Sensitized Driven Equilibrium Pulse for the Visualization of the Extraforaminal Cranial Nerve Branches

The evaluated cranial and spinal nerve branches acquired using the 3D CRANI sequence. A, Lingual nerve (arrow) on MIP after MPR. B, Inferior alveolar nerve (arrow) after MIP MPR on a coronal oblique reconstruction. C, Extraforaminal facial nerve (arrow) after sagittal oblique MIP MPR, illustrating the intraparotid nerve course. D, Greater occipital nerve (arrow) extending between the semispinalis muscles on MIP MPR.