The correlation of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in cervical compression myelopathy with neurologic and radiologic severity

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 814-820

  Aota, Yoichi ^a,b   Niwa, Tetsu ^a   Uesugi, Masaaki ^a   Yamashita, Takayuki ^a   Inoue, Tomio ^a   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelomalacia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COMPRESSION MYELOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41749121290     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318169505e     Document Type: Article

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