OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mandibular canal using volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) sequencing in @entity1 with cysts and @entity5 of the mandible. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five @entity1 with mandibular cysts and @entity5 were recruited for a study in the authors' institution to compare the role of multidetector row computed tomography with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in @entity89 . Of these 25 @entity1 , VIBE was performed in 12 @entity1 (age range, 16 to 52 yrs; 11 male and 1 female @entity1 ) and formed the study group. The status (normal/destroyed/attenuated) and position of the @entity133 (normal/displaced) on panoramic reconstructed computed tomographic (CT) images and curved multiplanar reformatted (MPR) images reconstructed from VIBE images were analyzed. The contralateral normal mandibular canal was used as the control in these @entity1 . RESULTS: In all 12 @entity1 , the @entity133 on the normal side was visualized as a hyperintense structure in relation to the hypointense bone on the curved MPR VIBE images. In 9 @entity1 , the @entity133 was equally well visualized on panoramic CT and curved MPR VIBE images. In 2 @entity1 , the @entity133 was better visualized on curved MPR VIBE images; in 1 @entity1 , the course of the mandibular canal was better seen on panoramic CT images. CONCLUSIONS: MR reconstructions with VIBE sequencing as source images provide images comparable to CT reconstructed images for evaluation of the mandibular canal. Three-dimensional (3D) VIBE sequencing can be added to the MR protocol to visualize the @entity531 bundle. 3D VIBE sequencing increases the diagnostic capabilities of MRI when used to image mandibular cysts and @entity5 .

Evaluation of the @entity133 for cysts and XXXX of the mandible-comparison of multidetector computed tomography and 3-dimensional volume interpolated breath-hold examination magnetic resonance sequence with curved multiplanar reformatted reconstructions.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumors'] @entity133 :: ('MESH:D002282', 'Disease') :: ['inferior alveolar canal'] @entity89 :: ('MESH:D007571', 'Disease') :: ['jaw lesions'] @entity531 :: ('MESH:D013901', 'Disease') :: ['inferior alveolar neurovascular']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['tumors']
