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Table 3 Denervation changes in skeletal muscles as seen in magnetic resonance neurography [1]

From: Role of magnetic resonance neurography in assessment of lumbosacral radiculo-plexopathy: correlation with electrophysiological studies

Duration

Imaging findings

Acute (less than 1 month)

T2-weighted images hyperintense areas of edema

Subacute (1–3 months)

T2-weighted images hyperintense areas of edema and T1-weighted images hyperintense areas of fatty infiltration

Chronic (more than 3 months)

T1-weighted images hyperintense areas of fatty infiltration and decreased muscle volume of atrophy

  1. T1 = T1 weighted image, T2 = T2 weighted image