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Chinese expert consensus on peripheral nerve MRI
Osteoarthrography Group of Chinese Society of Radiology of Chinese Medical Association

Cite this article as: Osteoarthrography Group of Chinese Society of Radiology of Chinese Medical Association. Chinese expert consensus on peripheral nerve MRI[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(5): 1-7. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.05.001.


[Abstract] The peripheral nerve is a complex motor and sensory neural network, and its imaging has been a technical difficulty for a long time. With the development of MRI technology and the popularity of high-field superconducting MRI, magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) is currently the most valuable and promising imaging technology. It is important for diagnosis and clinical decision of peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral nerve MRI has certain technical complexity, which is limited in the application and popularization of clinical routine imaging examination, and there is no operation standard for peripheral nerve MRI examination to follow. Experts from Osteoarthrography Group of Chinese Society of Radiology of Chinese Medical Association based on their own practical experience and clinical needs, and on the basis of full study of relevant domestic and foreign literatures, developed the expert consensus on peripheral nerve MRI imaging. This paper provides scientific and specific practice standards and suggestions for indications, examination procedures, scanning schemes, image post-processing and clinical applications of peripheral nerve MRI, and provides references for radiologists and technicians in hospitals at all levels in China, so as to promote the standardization and popularization of this technology.
[Keywords] magnetic resonance imaging；peripheral nerve；imaging diagnosis；clinical application；expert consensus

Osteoarthrography Group of Chinese Society of Radiology of Chinese Medical Association  

Corresponding author: Yuan HS, E-mail: huishuy@bjmu.edu.cn Li SL, E-mail: LISHLIN5@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Guangdong Science and Technology Project (No. 2017B090912006).
Received  2022-11-28
Accepted  2023-05-06
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.05.001
Cite this article as: Osteoarthrography Group of Chinese Society of Radiology of Chinese Medical Association. Chinese expert consensus on peripheral nerve MRI[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(5): 1-7. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.05.001.

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