Changes in cross-sectional measurements of the spinal canal and intervertebral foramina as a function of body position: In vivo studies on an open-configuration MR system

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1095-1102

  Schmid, Marius R ^a   Stucki, Gerold ^a   Duewell, Stefan ^a,b   Wildermuth, Simon ^a   Romanowski, Ben ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032728651     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.4.10587155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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