Lumbar spine: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of positional (upright flexion and extension) MR imaging and myelography

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 391-398

  Wildermuth, Simon ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^b   Duewell, Stefan ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^a   Romanowski, Ben ^a   Benini, Arnaldo ^c   Böni, Thomas ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Myelography, Comparative studies; Spine, abnormalities; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031861542     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.2.9577486     Document Type: Article

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