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To further improve the diagnosis of CTS, an attempt using 30 MHz high-frequency ultrasound to noninvasively detect the local anatomical structures and the kinetic trajectory of the median nerve (MN) in the wrist was explored. Measurements were performed on the right wrist of 14 asymptomatic volunteers.  The kinetic trajectory of the MN corresponding to flexion (from 0\u00b0 to 90\u00b0) and extension (from 90\u00b0 to 0\u00b0) movements of the fingers were detected by a cross correlation-based motion tracking technique. The average displacements of the MN according to finger movements were measured to be 3.74 and 2.04 mm for male and female subjects, respectively. Moreover, the kinetic trajectory of the MN in both the ulnar-palmar and total directions generally follows a sigmoidal curve tendency. This study has verified that the use of high-frequency ultrasound imaging and a motion tracking technique to sensitively detect the displacement and kinetic trajectory of the MN for the assessment of CTS patients  is feasible.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s140507738","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,4,28]],"date-time":"2014-04-28T11:40:09Z","timestamp":1398685209000},"page":"7738-7752","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Assessment of the Kinetic Trajectory of the Median Nerve  in the Wrist by High-Frequency Ultrasound"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yi-Hsun","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering & Institute of Medical Informatics, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mei-Yu","family":"Hsieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering & Institute of Medical Informatics, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fong-Chin","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"},{"name":"Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6586-0138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shyh-Hau","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering & Institute of Medical Informatics, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"},{"name":"Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-195032010-00011","article-title":"Neuropathy of the median nerve due to compression beneath the transverse carpal ligament","volume":"32A","author":"Phalen","year":"1950","journal-title":"J. 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