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Asian Spine J. 2022 Oct; 16(5): 764–775.
Published online 2022 Oct 21. doi: 10.31616/asj.2022.0374
PMCID: PMC9633243

Diagnostic Technology for Spine Pathology

Gang-Un Kim

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea

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Wook Tae Park

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

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Min Cheol Chang

3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

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Gun Woo Lee

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GWL; data curation: GUK, GWL; formal analysis: GWL; funding acquisition: GWL; methodology: GUK, GWL; project administration: GWL; visualization: WTP, MCC; writing–original draft: GUK, WTP, MCC, GWL; and writing–review & editing: GWL.

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