Quantitative size assessment of the lumbar spinal canal by computed tomography

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-382

  Midia, M ^a   Miabi, Zinat ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Canal stenosis; Radiculopathy; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 39749096708     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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