Comparison of fixed-flexion positioning with fluoroscopic semi-flexed positioning for quantifying radiographic joint-space width in the knee: Test-retest reproducibility

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 128-132

  Peterfy, Charles ^a   Li, J ^b   Zaim, S ^b   Duryea, J ^b   Lynch, J ^b   Miaux, Y ^a   Yu , W ^b   Genant, H K ^b  

^a SYNARC INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed flexion radiography; Fluoroscopic semi flexed radiography; Medial femorotibial joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUNTEER; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038387214     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0603-z     Document Type: Article

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