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A Concise Introduction to the Imaging of the Cervical Spine

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The definitions and imaging features below are based on Nomenclature and Classification of Lumbar Disc Pathology proposed by the combined task forces of the North American Spine Society, American Society of Spine Radiology, and American Society of Neuroradiology and extrapolated to the cervical spine.

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De Potter, B., Augsburg, L., Carpentier, K., Parizel, P.M. (2016). A Concise Introduction to the Imaging of the Cervical Spine. In: van de Kelft, E. (eds) Surgery of the Spine and Spinal Cord. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27613-7_6

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