The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of acute spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1401-1411

  Bozzo, Anthony ^b   Marcoux, Judith ^a   Radhakrishna, Mohan ^b   Pelletier, Julie ^b   Goulet, Benoit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; MRI sequences; prognostication; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79960803846     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1236     Document Type: Review

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