A study of computer-assisted tomography I. The incidence of positive CAT scans in an asymptomatic group of patients

Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 549-551

  Wiesel, Sam W ^a   Tsourmas, Nicholas ^a   Feffer, Henry L ^a   Citrin, Charles M ^a   Patronas, Nicholas ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic patients; Facet degeneration; Herniated nucleus pulposus and disc; Positive cat scans; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0021126634     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198409000-00003     Document Type: Article

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