Diffusion-weighted imaging of bone marrow

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-144

  Dietrich, Olaf ^a   Biffar, Andreas ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Baur Melnyk, Andrea ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences; Vertebral compression fractures

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPINE CANCER; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE MARROW; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 67649383889     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220884     Document Type: Review

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