Imaging in spinal trauma

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 582-590

  Goethem, Johan W ^a,b   Maes, Menno ^a   Özsarlak, Özkan ^a   Hauwe, Luc ^a   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Spine, CT; Spine, fractures; Spine, injuries; Spine, MR; Spine, trauma

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14844314778     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2625-5     Document Type: Review

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