3D-FSE Isotropic MRI of the Lumbar Spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 152-157

  Blizzard, Daniel J ^a   Haims, Andrew H ^b,c   Lischuk, Andrew W ^b,c   Arunakul, Rattalerk ^c,d   Hustedt, Joshua W ^c   Grauer, Jonathan N ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

3 dimensional imaging; 3D FSE; 3D MRI; fast spin echo; isotropic; lumbar spine; lumbar vertebrae; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; spine

Indexed keywords

3 DIMENSIONAL ISOTROPIC FAST TURBO SPIN ECHO; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84947786428     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31827a32ee     Document Type: Article

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