Integration of computer assisted bone age assessment with clinical PACS

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Pietka, Ewa ^a   Pospiech Kurkowska, Sylwia ^a   Gertych, Arkadiusz ^a   Cao, Fei ^b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone age assessment; Computer aided diagnosis; Picture archiving and communication system; System integration

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; SERVERS;

BONE AGE ASSESSMENT (BAA);

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE;

BONE AGE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037334019     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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