Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging with titanium implants of the thoracic and lumbar spine

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 741-745

  Ortiz, Orlando ^a   Pait, T Glenn ^b   McAllister, Phillip ^b   Sauter, Kent ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPLANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR;

EID: 0029979618     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00022     Document Type: Article

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