Normative MR cervical spinal canal dimensions

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-182

  Ulbrich, Erika J ^a,b   Schraner, Christian ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^b   Busato, André ^a   Anderson, Suzanne E ^a,c   Eigenheer, Sandra ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CANAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84896924005     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13120370     Document Type: Article

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