Advances in spinal imaging.
Considerable technical advances in spinal imaging have been made that have greatly aided diagnosis, surgical planning, treatment, and posttreatment follow-up of patients with spinal disorders. This article presents an update on the recent advances in magnetic resonance, digital, and radionuclide imaging techniques, three-dimensional computed tomography, and sonography of the spine.
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Department of Radiology/Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography