Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of craniovertebral junction abnormalities

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-359

  Gupta, Vivek ^a,b   Khandelwal, Niranjan ^a   Mathuria, Suresh Narain ^a   Singh, Paramjit ^a   Pathak, Ashish ^a   Suri, Sudha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; CVJ; Dynamic MRI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FLEXION-EXTENSION; IMAGING EVALUATION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SPINAL CANALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BODY POSTURE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 34249811183     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000238009.57307.26     Document Type: Article

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