Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-311

  Thurnher, Majda M ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33748919813     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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