Assessment of apparent diffusion coefficient in normal and degenerated intervertebral lumbar disks: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 569-574

  Kealey, Susan M ^a,b   Aho, Todd ^c   Delong, David ^a   Barboriak, Daniel P ^a,b   Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Eastwood, James D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 17644426370     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2352040437     Document Type: Article

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