title: Magnetic resonance neurography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Filler
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kliot
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Winn
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tsuruda
mesh_terms: 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*