Quantification of axial alignment of the lower extremity on conventional and digital total leg radiographs

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-173

  Sailer, Johannes ^a   Scharitzer, M ^a   Peloschek, P ^a   Giurea, A ^b   Imhof, H ^a   Grampp, S ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer assisted angle measurement; Digital radiography; Lower limb alignment

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR HEAD; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECORDING; STANDARDIZATION; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA; TIME; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; X RAY FILM;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 12144260812     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2436-8     Document Type: Article

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