Computed tomography of the vertebral column and coelomic structures in the normal loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-370

  Valente, A L S ^a   Cuenca, R ^a   Zamora, M ^b   Parga, M L ^c   Lavin, S ^a   Alegre, F ^c   Marco, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Diagnosis Médica ^*  (Spain)

^c Centre de Recuperacio d'Animals Marins   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chelonians; Computed tomography; Cross sectional anatomy; Diagnostic imaging; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CARETTA CARETTA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ESOPHAGUS; GALLBLADDER; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETON; SPINE; SPLEEN; STOMACH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA; TURTLE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ABDOMEN; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548840571     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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