Underdiagnosis of vertebral collapse on routine multidetector computed tomography scan of the abdomen

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 795-800

  Obaid, H ^a   Husamaldin, Z ^b   Bhatt, R ^b  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial; MDCT; Skeletal; Spine

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

AXIAL; CT SCANNING; DATA PROTECTION; EARLY DETECTION; MDCT; MORTALITY RATES; MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI-PLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; OSTEOPOROTIC; PATIENT INFORMATION; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW; SKELETAL; SPINE; UNIVERSITY TEACHING; VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50149105450     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802165776     Document Type: Article

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