Frontal slab composite magnetic resonance neurography of the brachial plexus: Implications for infraclavicular block approaches

Anesthesiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1218-1224

  Raphael, David T ^a   McIntee, Diane ^a   Tsuruda, Jay S ^b,c   Colletti, Patrick ^a   Tatevossian, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neurography Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN SLICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 28044460500     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200512000-00017     Document Type: Article

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