Clinical evaluation of reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging of the cervical and thoracic spine and spinal cord

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1860-1866

  Andre, Jalal B ^a   Zaharchuk, G ^a   Saritas, E ^b   Komakula, S ^a   Shankaranarayan, A ^c   Banerjee, S ^c   Rosenberg, J ^a   Nishimura, D G ^b   Fischbein, N J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870859074     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3134     Document Type: Article

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