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KMID : 1189320120060030216
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Asian Spine Journal
2012 Volume.6 No. 3 p.216 ~ p.218
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Motion Induced Artifact Mimicking Cervical Dens Fracture on the CT Scan: A Case Report
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Sugimoto Yoshihisa
Ito Yasuo
Shiozaki Yasuyuki
Shimokawa Tetsuya
Mazaki Tetsuro
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Abstract
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The diagnostic performance of helical computed tomography (CT) is excellent. However, some artifacts have been reported, such as motion, beam hardening and scatter artifacts. We herein report a case of motion-induced artifact mimicking cervical dens fracture. A 60-year-old man was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in cervical spinal cord injury and quadri plegia. Reconstructed CT images of the cervical spine showed a dens fracture. We assessed axial CT in detail, and motion artifact was detected.
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KEYWORD
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Reconstruction, Motion artifact, Mimicking, Cervical fracture
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