High-field open versus short-bore magnetic resonance imaging of the spine: a randomized controlled comparison of image quality.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the image quality of spinal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed on a high-field horizontal open versus a short-bore MR scanner in a randomized controlled study setup.Altogether, 93 (80% women, mean age 53) consecutive patients underwent spine ima...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Judith Enders, Matthias Rief, Elke Zimmermann, Patrick Asbach, Gerd Diederichs, Christoph Wetz, Eberhard Siebert, Moritz Wagner, Bernd Hamm, Marc Dewey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877023?pdf=render