Evaluating MRI as a technique for visualizing the neurocentral junction

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 807-812

  Rajwani, Talib ^a   Bagnall, Keith M ^a   Lambert, Robert ^a   Huang, Eric M ^a   Secretan, Charles ^a   Moreau, Marc ^a   Mahood, James ^a   Raso, V James ^a   Bhargava, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Growth plate; Histology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocentral junction; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; EVALUATION; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOLOGY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCENTRAL JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SWINE; TECHNIQUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 16844373615     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000157535.25992.c7     Document Type: Article

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