Evaluation of traumatic spinal canal stenosis in thoracolumbar burst fractures. A comparison of three methods for measuring the percent canal occlusion

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 526-530

  Dai, Li Yang ^a   Wang, Xiang Yang ^a   Jiang, Lei Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Burst fractures; Computed tomography; Lumbar vertebrae; Spinal stenosis; Thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

BURST FRACTURE; BURST FRACTURES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; CT SCANNING; INTRAOBSERVER RELIABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRACTICAL METHODS; SPINAL CANALS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TECHNIQUES USED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049095494     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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