Imaging of the spine and nerve roots

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-544

  Maus, Timothy P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; SYMPTOM;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0036696659     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00009-8     Document Type: Review

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