Architectural configuration and microstructural properties of the sacral plexus: A diffusion tensor MRI and fiber tractography study

NeuroImage

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1792-1799

  van der Jagt, Pasquelle K N ^a,b   Dik, Pieter ^b   Froeling, Martijn ^c,d   Kwee, Thomas C ^e   Nievelstein, Rutger A J ^e   ten Haken, Bennie ^a   Leemans, Alexander ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tractography; Microstructural properties; Peripheral nerves; Sacral plexus; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SACRAL PLEXUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863522481     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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