Evaluation of cervical myelopathy using apparent diffusion coefficient measured by diffusion-weighted imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 388-392

  Sato, Takashi ^a   Horikoshi, T ^a   Watanabe, A ^a   Uchida, M ^a   Ishigame, K ^a   Araki, T ^a   Kinouchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84863125994     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2756     Document Type: Article

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