The role of DTI in early detection of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A preliminary study with 3-T MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 609-616

  Kara, Batuhan ^a   Celik, Azim ^b   Karadereler, Selhan ^c   Ulusoy, Levent ^c   Ganiyusufoglu, Kursat ^c   Onat, Levent ^c   Mutlu, Ayhan ^c   Ornek, Ibrahim ^c   Sirvanci, Mustafa ^c   Hamzaoglu, Azmi ^c  

^a Bak rköy Dr Sadi Konuk Education and Reseach Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

^b General Electric Healthcare   (Turkey)

^c FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Cervical myelopathy; DTI; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79961165996     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0844-4     Document Type: Article

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