Imaging evaluation of adult spinal injuries: Emphasis on multidetector CT in cervical spine trauma

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-660

  Munera, Felipe ^a   Rivas, Luis A ^a   Nunez, Diego B ^b   Quencer, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CANCER RISK; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SCALE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WHOLE BODY CT;

EID: 84862489717     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12110526     Document Type: Review

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