Comparison of a fluoroscopic 3-dimensional imaging system and conventional CT in detection of pars fractures in the cadaveric lumbar spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 429-432

  Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Pavlov, Helene ^a   Herzog, Richard J ^a   Rawlins, Bernard A ^a   Endo, Yoshimi ^a   Green, Daniel W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; fluoroscopic imaging; radiation exposure; spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL SAW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CADAVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870376462     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318228bccc     Document Type: Article

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