A method includes: identifying, by a processing circuit, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data of a peripheral nerve in a subject that is associated with an area of pain experienced by the subject; determining, by the processing circuit, one or more DTI-derived measurements from the DTI data for each of one or more nerve branches of the peripheral nerve; and detecting, by the processing circuit, potential nerve damage in a particular nerve branch of the one or more nerve branches based on the one or more DTI-derived measurements associated with the particular nerve branch.
DETECTING NERVE DAMAGE USING DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING