Is radiation-free diagnostic monitoring of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis feasible using upright positional magnetic resonance imaging?

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 576-580

  Diefenbach, Christopher ^a   Lonner, Baron S ^a   Auerbach, Joshua D ^b   Bharucha, Neil ^a   Dean, Laura E ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; diagnostic imaging; monitoring AIS; radiation free; upright MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COBB ANGLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876414949     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318286b18a     Document Type: Article

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