Reliability and accuracy of scout CT in the detection of vertebral fractures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1032, 2013, Pages

  Bazzocchi, A ^a,b   Fuzzi, F ^a   Garzillo, G ^a   Diano, D ^a   Rimondi, E ^b   Merlino, B ^c   Moio, A ^b   Albisinni, U ^b   Battista, G ^a   Guglielmi, G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCOUT COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888623710     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130373     Document Type: Article

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