Extension MRI is clinically useful in cervical myelopathy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1081-1088

  Bartlett, R J V ^a   Rigby, A S ^b   Joseph, J ^c   Raman, A ^a   Kunnacherry, A ^a   Hill, C A Rowland ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Extension MRI; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTENSION NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883850766     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1208-z     Document Type: Article

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