Feasibility of diffusion tensor tractography of brachial plexus injuries at 1.5 T

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-112

  Gasparotti, Roberto ^a   Lodoli, Giovanni ^a   Meoded, Avner ^a   Carletti, Francesco ^b   Garozzo, Debora ^c   Ferraresi, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SM Misericordia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

brachial plexus injuries; diffusion tensor imaging; magnetic resonance myelography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84872325330     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182775267     Document Type: Article

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