Usefulness of diffusion tensor MR imaging in the assessment of intramedullary changes of the cervical spinal cord in different stages of degenerative spine disease

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1523-1530

  Banaszek, Anna ^a   Bladowska, Joanna ^a   Szewczyk, Paweł ^a   Podgórski, Przemysław ^a   Sąsiadek, Marek ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Degenerative spine disease; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE SPINE DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922392747     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3323-x     Document Type: Article

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