Disc space-targeted angled axial MR images of the lumbar spine: A potential source of diagnostic error

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1147-1153

  Singh, Kush ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a   Fiorella, David ^a   Major, Nancy A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Imaging; MRI; Musculoskeletal; Protocol; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPONDYLOLYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36148937531     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0383-6     Document Type: Article

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