Pitfalls of magnetic resonance imaging of alar ligament

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-398

  Roy, Sumit ^a   Hol, Per Kristian ^a   Laerum, L Thea ^b   Tillung, Terje ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alar ligament; MR imaging; Occipito atlantoaxial complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT INJURY; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE MOBILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2942718789     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1193-3     Document Type: Article

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