Three-dimensional CT study on the anatomy of vertebral artery at atlantoaxial and intracranial segment

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Duan, Shaoyin ^a,b   He, Hongwei ^a   Lv, Shaomao ^a   Chen, Liaobin ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computed tomography; Computer assisted; Image processing; Vertebral artery; X ray

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449106741     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0552-5     Document Type: Article

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