Assessment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging parameter at 3.0 tesla

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Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 407-414

  Uda, Takehiro ^a   Takami, Toshihiro ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Naohiro ^a   Sakamoto, Shinichi ^a   Yamagata, Toru ^a   Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^a   Nagata, Takashi ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875053384     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31826f25a3     Document Type: Article

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