Contrast enhancement pattern and frequency of previously unoperated lumbar discs on MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-578

  Hwang, Geum Ju ^a   Suh, Jin Suck ^a   Na, Jae Bum ^a   Lee, Hwan Mo ^a   Kim, Nam Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Spine, contrast enhancement; Spine, intervertebral disc; Spine, MR studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR DISK; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031401499     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070319     Document Type: Article

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