Changes in T2 relaxation times associated with maturation of the human intervertebral disk

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1237-1241

  Krueger, E C ^a   Perry, J O ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Haughton, Victor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGING; BODY WATER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34548176977     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0546     Document Type: Article

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