Magnetic resonance imaging and T2 relaxometry of human median nerve at 7 Tesla

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-373

  Gambarota, G ^a,c   Veltien, A ^a   Klomp, D ^a   Van Alfen, N ^a   Mulkern, R V ^b   Heerschap, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High field MRI; In vivo relaxometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Peripheral nervous system; T2 relaxation time

Indexed keywords

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSTRIP COIL; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; RELAXOMETRY; TENDON; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TISSUE WATER; WRIST;

EID: 34548264764     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20826     Document Type: Article

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