Incidental vertebral fractures on multidetector CT images of the chest: prevalence and recognition

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Woo, E K ^a   Mansoubi, H ^a   Alyas, F ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37849005302     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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