Comparison of cobb angles measured manually, calculated from 3-D spinal reconstruction, and estimated from torso asymmetry

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-281

  Jaremko, Jacob L ^a   Poncet, Philippe ^a   Ronsky, Janet ^a   Harder, James ^a   Dansereau, Jean ^b   Labelle, Hubert ^c   Zernicke, Ronald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Neural networks; Scoliosis; Torso imaging

Indexed keywords

COBB ANGLE; DIGITIZED MODEL; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DEFORMITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TORSO SURFACES; VERTEBRAL BODY; WIDE MEASUREMENT; X RAY RADIATION;

DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036674825     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840290032649     Document Type: Article

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