Imaging evaluation of low back pain: Important imaging features associated with clinical symptoms

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Kapellen, Phyllis J ^a   Beall, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DORSAL ROOT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INNERVATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN;

EID: 77952860499     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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