Correlation between vacuum phenomenon on CT and fluid on MRI in degenerative disks

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1182-1189

  D'Anastasi, Melvin ^a   Birkenmaier, Christof ^a   Schmidt, Gerwin P ^a   Wegener, Bernd ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Baur Melnyk, Andrea ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disk degeneration; MRI; Spinal osteochondrosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRADISCAL FLUID; INTRADISCAL VACUUM PHENOMENON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACUUM;

EID: 80054933201     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6359     Document Type: Article

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