Diffusion tensor imaging of the median nerve in healthy and carpal tunnel syndrome subjects

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 657-662

  Stein, Dan ^a   Neufeld, Arnon ^b   Pasternak, Ofer ^a   Graif, Moshe ^b   Patish, Hagar ^a   Schwimmer, Etti ^a   Ziv, Efrat ^a   Assaf, Yaniv ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63449123159     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21553     Document Type: Article

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