Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging of lumbar spine: Use of a shortened protocol for initial investigation of degenerative disease

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-32

  Mullan, C P ^a   Kelly, B E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; IRELAND; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21644466480     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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