Intra- and interobserver reproducibility of vertebral endplate signal (modic) changes in the lumbar spine: The nordic modic consensus group classification

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 748-754

  Jensen, T S ^a,b   Sorensen, J S ^a   Kjaer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Back Research Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility; Spine; Vertebral endplate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE; VERTEBRAL ENDPLATE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548344036     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701422112     Document Type: Article

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