Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
Measuring the Axial Rotation of Lumbar Vertebrae in Vivo with MR Imaging
Victor M. Haughton, Baxter Rogers, M. Elizabeth Meyerand and Daniel K. Resnick
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2002, 23 (7) 1110-1116;
Victor M. Haughton
Baxter Rogers
M. Elizabeth Meyerand

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Measuring the Axial Rotation of Lumbar Vertebrae in Vivo with MR Imaging
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