MR classification system based on axial images for cervical compressive myelopathy

Radiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 553-561

  You, Ja Yeon ^a   Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Lee, Eugene ^a   Lee, Guen Young ^a   Yeom, Jin S ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938702228     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015142384     Document Type: Article

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