Diffusion weighted MRI and tractography for evaluating peripheral nerve degeneration and regeneration

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2122-2124

  Simon, Neil G ^a,b   Kliot, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84921797553     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.147941     Document Type: Article

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