Which imaging technique for specific interventional procedure

European Journal of Pain Supplements

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-393

  De Andrés, Jose ^a,b,c   Palmisani, Stefano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Multidisciplinary Pain Management Center   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; CT scan; Fluoroscopy; Imaging; Interventional procedures; MRI; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENERVATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPIDUROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

EID: 83355175495     PISSN: 17543207     EISSN: 18780075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujps.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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