Acute vertebral body compression fractures: Discrimination between benign and malignant causes using apparent diffusion coefficients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 891, 2002, Pages 207-214

  Chan, J H M ^a   Peh, W C G ^a,b   Tsui, E Y K ^a   Chau, L F ^a,b   Cheung, K K ^b   Chan, K B ^c   Yuen, M K ^a   Wong, E T H ^a   Wong, K P C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCLEROSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 0036231833     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.891.750207     Document Type: Article

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