The contribution of high-resolution multiplanar reformats of the skull base to the detection of skull-base fractures

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 878-885

  Connor, Steve E J ^a   Flis, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fracture; Skull base; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22544471211     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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