Lumbar Disk Herniation: Correlatlon of Histologic Findings with Marrow Signal Intensity Changes in Vertebral Endplates at MR Imaging

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-358

  Schmid, Gebhard ^a   Witteler, Andreas ^a   Willburger, Roland ^a   Kuhnen, Cornelius ^b   Jergas, Michael ^a   Koester, Odo ^a  

^a Chirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), tissue characterization; Spine, intervertebral disks; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2142715348     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2312021708     Document Type: Article

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