Metastatic spinal cord syndromes: Imaging appearances and treatment planning

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-647

  Abdi, Shahram ^a   Adams, C I ^b   Foweraker, K L ^a   O'Connor, A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Magnetic resonance (MR); Neoplasm metastasis; Spinal cord; Spine; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 22144491530     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.10.011     Document Type: Review

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