Sensory neuronopathy involves the spinal cord and brachial plexus: A quantitative study employing multiple-echo data image combination (MEDIC) and turbo inversion recovery magnitude (TIRM)

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Bao, Yi Fang ^a   Tang, Wei Jun ^a   Zhu, Dong Qing ^a   Li, Yu Xin ^a   Zee, Chi Shing ^b   Chen, Xiang Jun ^a   Geng, Dao Ying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Multiple echo data image combination; Posterior column; Sensory neuronopathy; Turbo inversion recovery magnitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATAXIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIPLE ECHO DATA IMAGE COMBINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; TURBO INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873080263     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1085-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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