Diffusion tensor imaging in the assessment of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A report on preliminary results in 3 cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Jesse ^b   Lerner, Alexander ^b   Kim, Paul E ^b   Law, Meng ^b   Hsieh, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT;

EID: 79952239696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.FOCUS10262     Document Type: Article

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