Diurnal Variation in Lumbar MRI: Correlation between Signal Intensity, Disc Height, and Disc Bulge

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-18

  Park, Chong Oon ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disc bulge; Disc height; Lumbar MRI; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0031066370     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.1.8     Document Type: Article

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