Metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy: A high-resolution positron emission tomography study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 72-79

  Uchida, Kenzo ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Yayama, Takafumi ^a   Kokubo, Yasuo ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a   Kakuyama, Michiko ^a   Sadato, Norihiro ^a   Tsuchida, Tatsuro ^a   Yonekura, Yoshiharu ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Positron emission tomography; Spinal coral; 18F fluorodeoxyglucose

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC NEUROIMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCINTISCANNING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 4143069014     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0072     Document Type: Article

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