Castellvi classification of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: comparison between conventional radiography, CT, and MRI
CT had the highest diagnostic performance in all measured metrics with good inter-reader reliability. MRI and CR showed fairly poor sensitivity and accuracy, and thus consideration should be used when classifying LSTVs with these two modalities.
Authors
- Jaakko Niinimäki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-3726)
- Juhani Määttä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2400-9195)
- Mika Nevalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9483-7690)
- Jaakko Hanhivaara
- Pietari Kinnunen
Institutions
- Oulu University Hospital (FI)
- University of Oulu (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Radiologica
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02841851241289355
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.97