High-resolution 3T MR Neurography of Suprascapular Neuropathy

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1049-1059

  Chalian, Majid ^a   Faridian Aragh, Neda ^a   Soldatos, Theodoros ^a   Batra, Kiran ^a   Belzberg, Allan J ^a   Williams, Eric H ^a   Carrino, John A ^a   Chhabra, Avneesh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Brachial plexus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance neurography; Neuropathy; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

3T MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE MALFORMATION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUPRASCAPULAR NEUROPATHY; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 79959718170     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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