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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 659-661 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 341 |
Issue number | 8846 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 13 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine