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Quantitative Analysis of Spinal Canal Areas in the Lumbar Spine: An Imaging Informatics and Machine Learning Study

B. Gaonkar, D. Villaroman, J. Beckett, C. Ahn, M. Attiah, D. Babayan, J.P. Villablanca, N. Salamon, A. Bui and L. Macyszyn
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6174
B. Gaonkar
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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D. Villaroman
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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J. Beckett
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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C. Ahn
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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M. Attiah
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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D. Babayan
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
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J.P. Villablanca
bRadiology (J.P.V., N.S., A.B., L.M.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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N. Salamon
bRadiology (J.P.V., N.S., A.B., L.M.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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A. Bui
bRadiology (J.P.V., N.S., A.B., L.M.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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L. Macyszyn
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (B.G., D.V., J.B., C.A., M.A., D.B., L.M.)
bRadiology (J.P.V., N.S., A.B., L.M.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2019, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6174
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