Soft tissue texture analysis by B-mode ultrasound in the evaluation of impairment in chronic low back pain

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Eisele, R ^a   Schmid, R ^a   Kinzl, L ^a   Kramer, M ^a   Katzmaier, P ^a   Hartwig, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Paraspinal muscle; Texture analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032460114     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(98)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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