Use of digital tomosynthesis: Case report of a suspected scaphoid fracture and technique

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-572

  Mermuys, Koen ^a   Vanslambrouck, Karen ^a   Goubau, Jean ^a   Steyaert, Luc ^a   Casselman, Jan W ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone; Digital radiography; Fractures; Methods; Scaphoid bone; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WRIST; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

ADULT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SCAPHOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 42649126007     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0470-3     Document Type: Article

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