Quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow in patients with cervical spondylosis using cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 779-784

  Watabe, Noriaki ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^b   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^b   Koshu, Keiji ^b   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid flow; Cervical spondylosis; Myelopathy; Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033001321     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00052     Document Type: Article

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