Magnetic resonance neurography. Diffusion tensor imaging and future directions

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-256

  Eppenberger, Patrick ^a   Andreisek, Gustav ^a   Chhabra, Avneesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Magnetization transfer imaging; MR contrast; MR neurography (MRN); Three dimensional (3D); Whole body MR

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFLUORINE; GADOLINIUM; LIPOSOME; NANOPARTICLE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHAKOMATOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY MRI;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGING; MR CONTRAST; MR NEUROGRAPHY (MRN); THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); WHOLE-BODY MR;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84887186873     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2013.03.031     Document Type: Review

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