The interobserver-validated relevance of intervertebral spacer materials in MRI artifacting

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Ernstberger, T ^a   Heidrich, G ^a   Bruening, T ^a   Krefft, S ^a   Buchhorn, G ^a   Klinger, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implant materials; Intervertebral spacers; MRI; Susceptibility artifacts

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CARBON; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; TITANIUM;

EID: 33847119434     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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