Magnetic resonance neurography.
Radiological methods exist for generating tissue-specific images of bone, vessels, lymphatics, abdominal viscera, and the central nervous system, but there has been no reliable means to generate a clinical image of a nerve. We present the first "image neurogram" and report a method for producing such images by use of commercial magnetic resonance imaging systems. The image depicts a human nerve in situ in relation with a nerve graft, wherein the nerve is rendered in isolation much like a vessel appears in isolation in a subtraction angiogram.
Filler
A G
AG
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Howe
F A
FA
Hayes
C E
CE
Kliot
M
M
Winn
H R
HR
Bell
B A
BA
Griffiths
J R
JR
Tsuruda
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*