Assessment of pelvic stabilization devices for improved field reproducibility

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-125

  Rattray, G ^a   Hopley, S ^a   Mason, N ^a   Jenkins, M ^a  

^a Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Comfort; Port film; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031981767     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1998.tb00586.x     Document Type: Article

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