An Emerging Imaging Technology to Assist in the Localization of Axial Spine Pain

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Willick, Stuart E ^a   Kendall, Richard W ^a   Roberts, Scott T ^a   Morton, Kathryn ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61649087500     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.10.005     Document Type: Editorial

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