Imaging of vertebral trauma

• Main Author: Daffner, Richard H. 1941- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
• Edition: Third Edition
• Series: Cambridge medicine
• Subjects: Spinal Injuries > Atlas > diagnosis; Diagnostic Imaging > Atlas > methods; Spinal Cord Injuries > Atlas > diagnosis
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The imaging methods used to evaluate patients with suspected vertebral injuries have undergone radical changes in the past decade, the most significant being the ascendancy of computed tomography (CT) to become the primary investigative modality. Issues such as high radiation dose associated with CT...

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• Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Overview of vertebral injuries; 2. Anatomic considerations; 3. Biomechanical considerations; 4. Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Indications and controversies; 5. Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Radiography, computer tomography, and myelography; 6. Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging / Bryan S. Smith and Richard H. Daffner; 7. Mechanisms of injury and their 'fingerprints'; 8. Radiologic 'footprints' of vertebral injury: the ABCS; 9. Vertebral injuries in children / Geetika Khanna and Georges Y. El-Khoury; 10. Vertebral stability and instability; 11. Normal variants and pseudofractures; Bibliography; Index.