High-resolution 3-T MR neurography of peroneal neuropathy

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-271

  Chhabra, Avneesh ^a   Faridian Aragh, Neda ^a   Chalian, Majid ^a   Soldatos, Theodoros ^a   Thawait, Shrey K ^a   Williams, Eric H ^a,b   Andreisek, Gustav ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High resolution MRI; MR neurography; Peroneal nerve

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON PERONEAL NERVE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR PLEXOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIBIAL NERVE; TRAUMATIC NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 84861500667     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1146-y     Document Type: Review

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