Current Status of Imaging of the Intervertebral Disc

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Wills, Brian P D ^a   Mohr, R Alexander ^a   Zdeblick, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; degenerative disc disease; discography; magnetic resonance imaging; spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISKOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249978787     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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