Assessment of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of lumbar spine foraminal stenosis - A surgeon's perspective

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Attias, Naftaly ^a   Hayman, Anne ^b   Hipp, John A ^c   Noble, Philip ^c   Esses, Stephen I ^b  

^a MIHS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Orthopedic Department

Author keywords

Foramen measurement; Foraminal stenosis; Lumbar spine foramen; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33746556160     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000203942.81050.c8     Document Type: Article

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