Real-time MR fluoroscopy-navigated lumbar facet joint injections: Feasibility and technical properties

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1513-1518

  Fritz, Jan ^a,b   Clasen, S ^a   Boss, A ^a   Thomas, C ^a   Konig C W ^a   Claussen, C D ^a   Pereira, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet joint; Interventional MR imaging; Low back pain; Spine injection

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; JOINT CAVITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE FLUOROSCOPY GUIDED LUMBAR FACET JOINT INJECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 45849133727     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0890-4     Document Type: Article

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