Normal thickness and appearance of the prevertebral soft tissues on multidetector CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-141

  Rojas, C A ^a,c   Vermess, D ^a   Bertozzi, J C ^a   Whitlow, J ^b   Guidi, C ^c   Martinez, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; SOFT TISSUE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249108038     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1307     Document Type: Article

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