Morphometrics of the entire human spinal cord and spinal canal measured from in vivo high-resolution anatomical magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Fradet, Léo ^a,b,c   Arnoux, Pierre Jean ^c   Ranjeva, Jean Philippe ^d   Petit, Yvan ^a,b   Callot, Virginie ^d  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d University of Aix Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

anatomy; invariant database; magnetic resonance imaging; morphology; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896736349     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000125     Document Type: Article

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