Spatial mapping of the brachial plexus using three-dimensional ultrasound

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 936, 2005, Pages 1086-1094

  Cash, C J C ^a   Sardesai, A M ^a   Berman, L H ^a   Herrick, M J ^a   Treece, G M ^a   Prager, R W ^a   Gee, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST RIB; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 29644436191     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/36348588     Document Type: Article

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