Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of experimentally injured porcine intervertebral disc

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-649

  Niinimki, J ^a   Ruohonen, J ^b   Silfverhuth, M ^b   Lappalainen, A ^b   Kaapa, E ^b   Tervonen, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Diffusion weighted MRI; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MORPHOLOGY; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANNULAR LESIONS; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; STAB WOUND; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 34547373874     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701326933     Document Type: Article

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