Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography-myelography for quantitative evaluation of lumbar intracanalar cross-section

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Ogura, Hiroyasu ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Fukuta, Shoji ^a   Naganawa, Toshitaka ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ctm; Diagnosis; Lumbar spinal canal stenosis; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelography

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MYELOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650538500     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.1.137     Document Type: Article

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