3T MR neurography using three-dimensional diffusion-weighted PSIF: Technical issues and advantages

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1355-1360

  Chhabra, Avneesh ^a   Subhawong, Ty K ^a   Bizzell, Cary ^a   Flammang, Aaron ^b   Soldatos, Theodoros ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D DW PSIF; MR neurography; Peripheral nerves; Vascular suppression

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURILEMOMA; NEURITIS; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION WEIGHTED REVERSED FAST IMAGING WITH STEADY STATE PRECESSION SEQUENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURITIS; TARSAL BONES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 81855194471     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1162-y     Document Type: Article

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