“…The CISS sequence is readily available in most high-strength (1.5 T or above) MR units and allows for fast acquisition of submillimeter high resolution images and multiplanar reconstructions that facilitate delineation of fine structures in the inner ear, and the JB. Because of a direct cisternographic effect that enables direct depiction of the vestibulocochlear lymph space, visualization of the minute anatomic structures in the membranous labyrinth (including the VA) and the acoustic nerves is feasible, sparing the administration of gadolinium material ( 9 ). Additional, post-processing maximum intensity projection (MIP) images with a slab thickness 4–5 mm generated form the original MR data may further increase conspicuity of the fine inner ear structures ( Figure 1 ).…”