Artificial spine fractures: Detection with helical and conventional CT

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 515-519

  Link, Thomas M ^a,c   Meier, Norbert ^a   Rummeny, Ernst J ^a   Garmann, Stefan ^a   Steinbeck, Jörn ^a   Schröder, Michael ^a   Oelerich, Michael ^a   Häussler, Marc D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Computed tomography (CT), technology; Spine, fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0030026634     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.2.8596859     Document Type: Article

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