Value of coronal reformations in the CT evaluation of acute head trauma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-339

  Wei, S C ^a   Ulmer, S ^a   Lev, M H ^a   Pomerantz, S R ^a   Gonzalez R G ^a   Henson, John W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749088461     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1824     Document Type: Article

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