Simple anatomical measurements do not correlate significantly to individual peripheral nerve stimulation thresholds as measured in MRI gradient coils

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 716-721

  Chronik, Blaine A ^a,b   Ramachandran, Meena ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EPI; Gradient coil; Highspeed imaging; Nerve stimulation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONDUCTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; GRADIENT COIL; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0037712877     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10300     Document Type: Article

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