Juvenile spondylolysis: A comparative analysis of CT, SPECT and MRI

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-73

  Campbell, Rob S D ^a   Grainger, A J ^b   Hide, I G ^c   Papastefanou, S ^d   Greenough, C G ^d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pars interarticularis; Single photon emission computed tomography; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12944291015     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0878-3     Document Type: Article

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