Peripheral nerves and plexus: Imaging by MR-neurography and high-resolution ultrasound

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 370-379

  Pham, Mirko ^a   Bäumer, Tobias ^b   Bendszus, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

high resolution ultrasound; MR neurography; MRI; peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84904041747     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000111     Document Type: Review

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