Cervical
Powers index
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Radiography (Lateral)
X-ray computed tomography
Magnetic resonance imaging
AB = distance between basion and spinolaminar line of atlas
CD = distance between opisthion and anterior tubercle of atlas
Powers index = AB/CD
Reference
Yochum TR, Rowe LJ. Essentials of Skeletal Radiology. (2005).
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