Tractography of lumbar nerve roots: Initial results

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1153-1159

  Balbi, Vincent ^a   Budzik, Jean François ^a   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Bera Louville, Anne ^a   Le Thuc, Vianney ^a   Cotten, Anne ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

DTI; Echo planar imaging; Herniated disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; TRACTOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 79959199746     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2049-3     Document Type: Article

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