Imaging occult lesions in the cervical spine facet joints

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Uhrenholt, Lars ^a,b,c   Nielsen, Edith ^d   Charles, Annie Vesterby ^a,c   Hauge, Ellen ^c   Gregersen, Markil ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Departments of Neuroradiology

Author keywords

Cervical spine injuries; Diagnostic imaging procedures; Forensic medicine; Imaging occult; microscopy; Road traffic crash fatalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT FRACTURE; JOINT INJURY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYNOVIUM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 67849128450     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187de9a     Document Type: Article

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