The value of T2 relaxation times to characterize lumbar intervertebral disks: Preliminary results

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-342

  Perry, J ^b   Haughton, Victor ^a   Anderson, P A ^a   Wu, Y ^b   Fine, J ^a   Mistretta, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PILOT STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SACRUM;

ADULT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33645741397     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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