Brachial plexus MR imaging: Accuracy and reproducibility of DTI-derived measurements and fibre tractography at 3.0-T

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1764-1771

  Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Calabrese, Massimo ^a   Puntoni, Matteo ^b   Pace, Daniele ^a   Baio, Gabriella ^a   Neumaier, Carlo Emanuele ^a   Martinoli, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brachial plexus; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Minimum detectable differences; MRI; Repeatibility; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80052652268     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2100-z     Document Type: Article

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