New MRI grading system for the cervical canal stenosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Yusuhn ^a   Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Koh, Young Hwan ^b   Hur, Saebeom ^c   Kim, Su Jin ^a   Chai, Jee Won ^b   Kang, Heung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central canal stenosis; Cervical spine; Grading; Sagittal MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GRADING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79960482875     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5560     Document Type: Article

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