Usefulness of different imaging modalities in the assessment of scapular fractures caused by blunt trauma

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Tadros, A M A ^a   Lunsjo, K ^a   Czechowski, J ^a   Corr, P ^a   Abu Zidan, F M ^b  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Appendicular skeleton; Computed tomography; Conventional radiography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

APPENDICULAR SKELETON; CONVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAPULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33847254925     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601026435     Document Type: Article

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