The usefulness of CT perfusion in differentiation between neoplastic and tuberculous disease of the spine

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Shankar, J ^a,d   Jayakumar, P ^b   Vasudev, M ^b   Ravishankar, S ^b   Sinha, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT Perfusion; Neoplastic disease; Spine; Tuberculosis; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; BONE BIOPSY; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PLASMACYTOMA; RANK SUM TEST; SPINE CANCER; SPINE METASTASIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERFUSION IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149112134     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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