Graeme M. Bydder1,
Richard M. Znamirowski2, Michael Carl3, Nikolaus M.
Szeverenyi2
1Radiology,
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States; 2Radiology,
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States; 3GE
Healthcare, San Diego, CA, United States
In this study we describe imaging of peripheral nerves in tissue samples, intact cadavers and human subjects using short and ultrashort echo time (TE) pulse sequences. The emphasis was on detection of short T2 components within nerves. This is of particular interest in peripheral nerves because there is significant ordered collagen in all three layers of peripheral nerves and this tissue tends to have a short T2.