Correlation of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and clinical findings of cervical myelopathy

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 867-876

  Yoo, Woo Kyoung ^a   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Hai, Dinh Mahn ^a   Sundaram, Shanmuga ^a   Yang, Young Mi ^a   Park, Moon Soo ^a   Kim, Yong Chan ^a   Kwak, Yoon Hae ^a   Ohn, Suk Hoon ^a   Kim, Seok Woo ^a  

^a Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Diffusion tensor imaging MRI; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEAKNESS;

CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING MRI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 84881185848     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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