Sonographic duplication artifact of the spinal cord in infants and children

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 799-803

  Austin, Matthew J ^a   Gerscovich, Eugenio O ^a   Fogata, Maria ^a   Gillen, Marijo A ^a   Bijan, Bijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Diplomyelia; Double image; Duplication artifact; Sonography

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS; TRANSDUCERS;

SPINAL CORD; VECTOR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DIPLOMYELIA; DUPLICATION ARTIFACT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR ARRAY ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VECTOR ARRAY ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 2942623551     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.6.799     Document Type: Article

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