Three-dimensional measurement of growth of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-295

  Fujimori, Takahito ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Nagamoto, Yukitaka ^a   Ishii, Takahiro ^b   Sakaura, Hironobu ^c   Kashii, Masafumi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Sugamoto, Kazuomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Progression; Three dimensional; Volume increase; Voxel based registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SKULL; SPINE MOBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA BODY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857886911     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.SPINE11502     Document Type: Article

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