Magic Angle Effects in MR Neurography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-440

  Chappell, Karyn E ^a   Robson, Matthew D ^b   Stonebridge Foster, Amanda ^a   Glover, Alan ^a   Allsop, Joanna M ^c   Williams, Andreanna D ^c   Herlihy, Amy H ^c   Moss, Jill ^a   Gishen, Philip ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 12144288812     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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