Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 375-378 , September 2010

Dynamic close-mouth view radiograph method for the diagnosis of lateral dynamic instability of the atlantoaxial joint

  • Susumu Fujiwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Technology, Kyoto Takeda Hospital, Minamikoromoda-cho, Nishi-shichijo, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8884, Japan
    • ,
  • Daisaku Tokunaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 251 5549; fax: +81 75 251 5841.
    • ,
  • Ryo Oda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
    • ,
  • Shogo Toyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
    • ,
  • Kan Imai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
    • ,
  • Atushi Doi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Technology, Kyoto Takeda Hospital, Minamikoromoda-cho, Nishi-shichijo, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8884, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshikazu Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan

Received 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.08.027

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 375-378 , September 2010

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