Morphological analysis in patients with sciatica: A magnetic resonance imaging study using three-dimensional high-resolution diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography techniques

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Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Zhongwei ^a   Song, Laijing ^a   Meng, Quanfei ^a,c   Li, Ziping ^a   Pan, Bitao ^a   Yang, Zhihua ^b   Pei, Zhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS STUDIES   (China)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Compression; Diffusion weighting; MRI; Sciatica; SSFP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCIATIC NERVE; ADOLESCENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649388662     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318197162e     Document Type: Article

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