Incidental findings on MRI of the spine

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-361

  Kamath, S ^a   Jain, N ^a   Goyal, N ^a   Mansour, R ^a   Mukherjee, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; THORAX DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SPINAL DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 60949104113     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.09.010     Document Type: Review

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