Evaluation of diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography of the median nerve: Preliminary results on intrasubject variability and precision of measurements

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Andreisek, Gustav ^a,b,c   White, Lawrence M ^a   Kassner, Andrea ^b   Sussman, Marshall S ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tractography; Median nerve; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WRIST;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 74749085422     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2517     Document Type: Article

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