Tomography of the posterior cervical spine fusion: a new concept.
The capabilities of linear-motion tomography are compared with those of complex-motion tomography in the imaging of posteriorly wired cervical spine fusion. Evaluations on a tomographic phantom, on a Plexiglas head and neck phantom, and in patients with posteriorly wired cervical spine fusion reveal that in most cases better detail of the fusion site can be obtained with linear-motion tomography than with complex-motion tomography.
Ramthun
S K
SK
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Bender
C E
CE
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*