Comparison of metric analysis of spinal structures, exemplarily of the ligamentum flavum, obtained with CT and MRI

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-228

  Schulte, T L ^a   Heidenreich, J O ^b   Schilling, A M ^b   Stendel, R ^b   Pietila T A ^b   Hopfenmuller W ^b   Brock, M ^b   Wolf, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ligamentum flavum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metric analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METRIC SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); METRIC ANALYSIS; SPINAL STRUCTURES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STATISTICS;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8544249118     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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