Diffusion-tensor imaging of small nerve bundles: Cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, distal spinal cord, and lumbar nerve roots- Clinical applications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cauley, Keith A ^a   Filippi, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerves; Diffusion tensor imaging; Peripheral nerves; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CRANIAL NERVE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE SURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84883674162     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9230     Document Type: Article

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