Magnetic resonance-based vertebral morphometry of the thoracic spine: Age, gender and level-specific influences

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-425

  Goh, S ^a   Price, R I ^b   Song, S ^c   Davis, S ^d   Singer, K P ^a,c  

^a Univ W   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MRI Centre   (Australia)

^d Dept Radiol Sir Charles G   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Morphometry; Thoracic; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034070172     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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