The imaging of lumbar spinal stenosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 581-594

  Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Lumbar spine; MRI; Radiography; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0034526259     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0223     Document Type: Article

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