Keywords: Peripheral Nerves, Diagnosis/Prediction
Motivation: Currently, there are no reliable, non-invasive biomarkers capable to early identify repair of severe peripheral nerve injuries cases that require additional surgical intervention
Goal(s): FA monitors clinical axonal regeneration after surgical repair of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries.
Approach: A novel mathematical model to identify and characterize multiple sections based on slice-wise FA values of the sciatic nerve following nerve repair provided an automated and consistent approach to identify cases that require surgical inventions.
Results: Sections in close to the injury show higher correlation values (R2 = 0.713; p <0.001) with behavioral results than any other section of the distal region.
Impact: FA close to the injury site shows great potential as a reliable biomarker for assessing nerve injury and postoperative recovery.
How to access this content:
For one year after publication, abstracts and videos are only open to registrants of this annual meeting. Registrants should use their existing login information. Non-registrant access can be purchased via the ISMRM E-Library.
After one year, current ISMRM & ISMRT members get free access to both the abstracts and videos. Non-members and non-registrants must purchase access via the ISMRM E-Library.
After two years, the meeting proceedings (abstracts) are opened to the public and require no login information. Videos remain behind password for access by members, registrants and E-Library customers.
Keywords