A rapid micro-magnetic resonance imaging scanning for three-dimensional reconstruction of peripheral nerve fascicles.

ABSTRACT: The most common methods for three-dimensional reconstruction of peripheral nerve fascicles include histological and radiology techniques. Histological techniques have many drawbacks including an enormous manual workload and poor image registration. Micro-magnetic resonance imaging (Micro-MRI), an emerging radiology technique, has been used to report results in the brain, liver and tumor tissues. However, micro-MRI usage for obtaining intraneural structures has not been reported. The aim of this study was to present a new imaging method for three-dimensional reconstruction of peripheral nerve fascicles by ¹T micro-MRI. Freshly harvested sciatic nerve samples from an amputated limb were divided into four groups. Two different scanning conditions (Mannerist Solution/GD-DTPA contras

SUBMITTER: Yao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6183031 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature