The Accuracy of Computed Tomography in Assessing Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2441-2446

  Kim, Hak Sun ^a   Heller, John G ^b   Hudgins, Patricia A ^c   Fountain, Jack A ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervical pedicle screw; CT scan

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NERVE ROOT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242662355     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000090830.94641.AE     Document Type: Article

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