Neurography of the spinal nerve roots by diffusion tensor scanning applying motion-probing gradients in six directions

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^a   Imai, Masamichi ^a   Tateishi, Hidekatsu ^a   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a   Fujikawa, Akira ^b   Takemoto, Shuhei ^c  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Self Defense Force Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor; MRI; Nerve root; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL ROOT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 34547469347     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.1     Document Type: Article

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