Author: Markus Lentschig, M.D.
MR and PET/CT Imaging Center Bremen Mitte, Bremen, Germany
Authored date: 2009-12-08
To diagnose peripheral neurological deficiencies imaging of the vertebral disks is not enough. Depending on the clinical symptoms also the nerve roots and myelon have to be evaluated in detail. In the presented case of a traumatic lesion of the left brachial plexus Markus Lentschig (MR and PET/CT Center Bremen, Germany) shows his MAGNETOM Espree imaging protocol for the evaluation of the brachiocervical plexus.
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