Positional MR imaging of the lumbar spine: Does it demonstrate nerve root compromise not visible at conventional MR imaging?

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 247-253

  Weishaupt, Dominik ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^b   Boos, Norbert ^b   Romanowski, Ben ^a   Kissling, Ruedi O ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^c   Hodler, Juerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nerves, abnormalities; Nerves, MR; Nerves, roots; Nerves, spinal; Spine, abnormalities; Spine, intervertebral disks; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034071615     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00ap06247     Document Type: Article

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