The Swimmer's view: Does it really show what it is supposed to show? A retrospective study

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rethnam, Ulfin ^a   Yesupalan, Rajam S U ^a   Bastawrous, Salah S ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149137831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-8-2     Document Type: Article

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