Clinical correlation of a new MR imaging method for assessing lumbar foraminal stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 818-822

  Park, H J ^a,b   Kim, S S ^b   Lee, S Y ^a   Park, N H ^c   Rho, Myung Ho ^a   Hong, H P ^a   Kwag, H J ^a   Kook, S H ^a   Choi, S H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEE SYSTEM; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR FORAMEN STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WILDERMUTH GRADING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84861144059     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2870     Document Type: Article

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