High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the human median nerve

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-87

  Heddings, Archie ^a   Bilgen, Mehmet ^a,b   Nudo, Randolph ^a,b   Toby, Bruce ^a,c   McIff, Terence ^a   Brooks, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Median merve; Median nerve injury; Peripheral nerve; Traumatic peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJURY SCALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3142690528     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888439004267074     Document Type: Article

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