Reassessment of the craniocervical junction: Normal values on CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1819-1823

  Rojas, Carlos A ^a,b   Bertozzi, J C ^a   Martinez, C R ^a   Whitlow, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348944431     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0660     Document Type: Article

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