In vivo and in vitro CT analysis of the occiput

European Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-33

  Hertel, G ^a,b   Hirschfelder, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone thickness; Occipito cervical fusion; Skull morphology; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032942476     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050123     Document Type: Article

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