Morphometric analysis of the cranial cavity and caudal cranial fossa in the dog: A computerized tomographic study

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-45

  García Real, Isabel ^a,b   Kass, Philip H ^b   Sturges, Beverly K ^b   Wisner, Erik R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari syndrome; Caudal cranial fossa; Computerized tomography; Dog; Morphometry; Skull

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9244228004     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04006.x     Document Type: Article

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