The utility of in-phase/opposed-phase imaging in differentiating malignancy from acute benign compression fractures of the spine

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1183-1188

  Erly, William K ^a   Oh, E S ^a   Outwater, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE CANCER; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; ADULT; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 33747432621     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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