title: Tomography of the posterior cervical spine fusion: a new concept.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ramthun
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Bender
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*