Acetabular fractures: What radiologists should know and how 3D CT can Aid Classification

Radiographics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 555-577

  Scheinfeld, Meir H ^a   Dym, Akiva A ^a   Spektor, Michael ^b   Avery, Laura L ^c   Joshua Dym, R ^a   Amanatullah, Derek F ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMAN; INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACETABULUM; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84924662900     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.352140098     Document Type: Article

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