Giulio
Gambarota1, Bndicte Mortamet2, Nicolas Chevrey3,
Cristina Granziera4, Gunnar Krueger2, Nicolas Theumann3,
Ralf Mekle3
1GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Imaging
Center, London, United Kingdom; 2Healthcare Sector IM&WS S,
Siemens Schweiz AG, Renens, Switzerland; 3Radiology, University of
Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; 4Neurology, Geneva University
Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
The
ability of tracking peripheral nerves in foot could be of great benefit for a
number of investigations, which include traumas, diabetes and infections.
Previous approaches to nerve tracking have employed diffusion tensor imaging
DTI. One limitation of DTI is the low signal-to-noise ratio due to short T2
(~30ms at 3T) of water protons in nerves.
Here, we propose a novel approach to nerve tracking, which exploits
the difference in MT ratio between muscle and foot nerves.