Use of computed tomography image processing for mapping of human cervical facet surface geometry

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Onan, O Atilla ^a   Hipp, John A ^a   Heggeness, Michael H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical; Computed tomography; Facet; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

CERVICAL FACET SURFACES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOVEMENT; NECK PAIN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344589348     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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