The demonstration of the number, course, and the location of nutrient artery canals of the femur by multidetector computed tomography

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-432

  Imre, Nurcan ^a   Battal, Bilal ^a   Acikel, Cengiz Han ^a   Akgun, Veysel ^b   Comert, Ayhan ^c   Yazar, Fatih ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Golcuk Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Femur; Multidetector computed tomography; Nutrient artery; Nutrient artery canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUTRIENT ARTERY CANAL OF THE FEMUR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864040872     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0930-7     Document Type: Article

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