Measures of spinal canal stenosis and relationship to spinal cord structure in patients with cervical spondylosis

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 236-242

  Lindberg, P G ^a,b   Feydy, A ^a,b   Sanchez, K ^b   Rannou, F ^b   Maier, M A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; MRI; Pavlov's ratio; Spinal cord; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84867892443     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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