Detailed imaging of the jugular foramen and its content at 3 Tesla MRI

Purpose: We aimed to assess how well the anatomy of the jugular foramen (JF), its contents, and adjacent structures could be displayed at 3 Tesla by use of a contrast-enhanced fast imaging employing steady state acquisition sequence (CE-FIESTA) and a contrast-enhanced MR-angiographic sequence (CE-MRA). Materials and Methods: 25 patients without any skull base lesions were imaged on a 3 Tesla MR scanner (Signa, General Electrics, USA) using CE-FIESTA and CE-MRA. Two readers analysed the images in collaboration (i) to score the success with which these sequences depicted the glossopharyngeal (CNIX) and vagus (CNX)…