Numbering of vertebrae on MRI using a PACS cross-referencing tool

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 785-789

  Paik, Nam Chull ^a   Lim, Chun Soo ^a   Jang, Ho Suk ^a  

^a Arumdaun Wooldul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross referencing; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Picture archiving and communication system (PACS); Vertebral numbering

Indexed keywords

CROSS-REFERENCING; INTERMODALITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MRI SCAN; MRI SYSTEMS; PICTURE ARCHIVING; RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE STANDARD; SPECIAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL NUMBERING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 84866545385     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120173     Document Type: Article

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