Degenerative marrow (Modic) changes on cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging scans: Prevalence, inter- and intra-examiner reliability and link to disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1081-1085

  Mann, Eugen ^a   Peterson, Cynthia K ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Bone marrow edema; Cervical spine; Disc herniation; Modic change; Prevalence; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIC CHANGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79960016301     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ef6a1e     Document Type: Article

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