Feasibility of using a hand-carried sonographic unit for investigating median nerve pathology

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Roll, Shawn C ^a   Evans, Kevin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Human engineering; Musculoskeletal diseases; Nerve compression syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 70349659912     PISSN: 87564793     EISSN: 15525430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756479309345284     Document Type: Article

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