Radiological findings of spinal schwannomas and meningiomas: Focus on discrimination of two disease entities

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2707-2715

  Liu, Wei Chiang ^a   Choi, Gun ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Han, Heon ^b   Lee, Ji Yeon ^b   Jeon, Yong Hwan ^b   Park, Hyeon Seon ^a   Park, Ji Young ^a   Paeng, Sung Suk ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcification; Dural tail; MR; Neoplasm; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350169950     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1466-7     Document Type: Review

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