New approaches in imaging of the brachial plexus

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-410

  Vargas, M I ^a   Viallon, M ^a   Nguyen, D ^a   Beaulieu, J Y ^a   Delavelle, J ^a   Becker, M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D STIR; Brachial plexus; DTI; Magnetic resonance; Neurography; Tractography; Tumor

Indexed keywords

3D STIR; BALANCED SSFP; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COURSE MODIFICATIONS; DTI; FIBER TRACKING; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; MR SEQUENCE; MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE FIBERS; NEW APPROACHES; PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC; SPINAL CANALS; STIR-SEQUENCE; SURGICAL PLANNING; TRACTOGRAPHY; WORK IN PROGRESS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOLOGY; TENSORS; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACTOGRAPHY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77951666835     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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