Quantitative assessment of nerve echogenicity as an additional tool for evaluation of common fibular neuropathy

Highlights • Quantitative assessment of nerve echogenicity is a promising tool and can differentiate patients with common fibular neuropathy from healthy controls with high accuracy. • In common fibular neuropathy quantitative echogenicity assessment is a more sensitive test than cross sectional are...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical neurophysiology 2016-01, Vol.127 (1), p.874-879
Hauptverfasser:	Lee, Hennie, Brekelmans, Geert J.F, Visser, Leo H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Common fibular neuropathy Echogenicity Electromyography - methods Female High-resolution ultrasonography Humans Hypoechoic fraction Male Middle Aged Neurology Peripheral nervous system Peroneal Nerve - diagnostic imaging Peroneal Nerve - physiopathology Peroneal Neuropathies - diagnostic imaging Peroneal Neuropathies - physiopathology Quantitative assessment Retrospective Studies Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Quantitative assessment of nerve echogenicity is a promising tool and can differentiate patients with common fibular neuropathy from healthy controls with high accuracy. • In common fibular neuropathy quantitative echogenicity assessment is a more sensitive test than cross sectional area measurement. • The used automatic thresholding methods, such as MaxEntropy, are easy to apply and reliable for quantifying nerve echogenicity.
ISSN:	1388-2457 1872-8952
DOI:	10.1016/j.clinph.2015.03.019