Osseous and vascular anatomical variations within the C1-C2 complex: A radiographical study using computed tomography angiography

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Moftakhar, Parham ^a   Gonzalez, Nestor R ^a   Khoo, Larry T ^a   Holly, Langston T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Atlanto axial; Groove; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS; ARTERY; ATLANTO-AXIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE; GROOVE; MEAN AGES; POTENTIAL VARIATIONS; VERTEBRAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERIES;

LOCATION;

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE STRUCTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYIASIS; PREDICTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 45949108078     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.193     Document Type: Article

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