Characterizing the location of spinal and vertebral levels in the human cervical spinal cord

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 803-810

  Cadotte, D W ^a,c   Cadotte, A ^a   Cohen Adad, J ^d   Fleet, D ^b   Livne, M ^b   Wilson, J R ^a   Mikulis, D ^a,c   Nugaeva, N ^c   Fehlings, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; YOUNG ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CERVICAL CORD; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927519389     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4192     Document Type: Article

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