title: [Comparative ultrasound and computerized tomography studies of lumbar intervertebral disks and the lumbar canal].
abstract: Sonography and computerised tomography were carried out on 61 lumbar segments (L5/S1, L4/5, L3/4) of 30 patients not having vertebrogenous symptoms. Transabdominal lumbar sonography with a 3.5 MHz sector probe proved to be a valuable imaging method, allowing to demonstrate the shape and dorsal outline of the lumbar discs. Bowl-shaped, right-angled and funnel-shaped configurations of the dorsal spinal canal are typical findings. The interpretation of the ultrasonic tomograms and the identification of normal anatomy are improved through comparative imaging by computerised tomography.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Abteilung, MLU Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glatzel
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Baars
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008838:Microcomputers; D012016:Reference Values; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Ultraschall- und computertomographische Vergleichsuntersuchungen lumbaler Bandscheiben und des Lumbalkanals.