Diffusion tensor imaging of peripheral nerves

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1073-1079

  Jambawalikar, Sachin ^a   Baum, Jeremy ^b   Button, Terry ^a   Li, Haifang ^a   Geronimo, Veronica ^a   Gould, Elaine S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nebraska Iowa Radiology Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); MRI; Peripheral nerves; Tractography; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTEER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 77957573118     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-0974-5     Document Type: Review

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