Vertebral morphometry derived from digital images

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1545-1549

  Rosol, Michael S ^a   Cohen, Gregg L ^b   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Chew, Felix S ^a   Kattapuram, Susan V ^a   Palmer, William E ^a   Dupuy, Damian E ^a   Rosenthal, Daniel I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WorldCare Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0029952905     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.6.8956594     Document Type: Article

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