Anatomical landmarks and skin markers are not reliable for accurate labeling of thoracic vertebrae on MRI

Nogah Shabshin Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Israel; Department of Radiology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Mark E. Schweitzer Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

John A. Carrino Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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