High-resolution 3-T MR neurography of the lumbosacral plexus

Radiographics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 967-987

  Soldatos, Theodoros ^a   Andreisek, Gustav ^a   Thawait, Gaurav K ^a   Guggenberger, Roman ^b   Williams, Eric H ^a,c   Carrino, John A ^a   Chhabra, Avneesh ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJURY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84880053136     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.334115761     Document Type: Article

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