MR neurography with multiplanar reconstruction of 3D MRI datasets: An anatomical study and clinical applications

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Freund, Wolfgang ^a   Brinkmann, Alexander ^a   Wagner, Florian ^a   Dinse, Alexander ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a   Stuber, Gregor ^a   Schmitz, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Brachial plexus; Lumbosacral plexus; MRI; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIATIC NERVE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 34047184746     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0197-6     Document Type: Article

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