Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of median nerve: Normative diffusion values

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 923-927

  Kabakci, Neslihan ^a   Gürses, Bengi ^a   Firat, Zeynep ^a   Bayram, Ali ^a   Uluǧ, Aziz Müfit ^a,b   Kovanlikaya, Arzu ^a   Kovanlikaya, Ilhami ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Median nerve; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 34748878199     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2423     Document Type: Article

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