Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) in the evaluation of epidural spinal lesions

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 977-985

  Plank, Christina ^a   Koller, Anke ^a   Mueller Mang, Christina ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b   Thurnher, Majda M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 36349017223     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0275-4     Document Type: Article

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