Quantitative measurement of intervertebral disc signal using MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Niemelainen R ^a   Videman, T ^a   Dhillon, S S ^a   Battie M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 38949205258     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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