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Asian Spine J.
2022 Oct; 16(5): 764–775.
Diagnostic Technology for Spine Pathology
,
,
,
and
Gang-Un Kim
1
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea
Wook Tae Park
2
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Min Cheol Chang
3
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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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