Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal infection

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-222

  Tins, Bernhard J ^a   Cassar Pullicino, Victor N ^a   Lalam, Radhesh K ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; MRI; Spinal infection; Technique

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISKITIS; EDEMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC BACTERIUM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINAL INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRA BODY;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34548461633     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3180f60c3f     Document Type: Review

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