Three-dimensional volume rendering of tibiofibular joint space and quantitative analysis of change in volume due to tibiofibular syndesmosis diastases

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 935-941

  Taser, Figen ^a   Shafiq, Q ^a   Ebraheim, N A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastasis; Spiral computerized tomography; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tibiofibular syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; DISSECTION; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JOINT CAVITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CADAVER; DISLOCATIONS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33750681998     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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