Junjiao Hu1, Kai Deng1, Weijun Situ1, and Huiting Zhang2
1Department of Radiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, 2MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthcare Ltd., Wuhan, China
1Department of Radiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, 2MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthcare Ltd., Wuhan, China
3D SPACE sequence is helpful in preoperative measurements of Meckel cavity volume to guide percutaneous balloon compression of the trigeminal nerve.
Figure 1. female, 48-year-old, trigeminal neuralgia. X-ray image and ROI measurement of left Meckel cavity in transverse, sagittal and coronal position in MRI images.
Table 1. Comparison between the average values of ROI measurement and balloon filling volume of Meckel cavity