Length and angle measurements of the lower extremity in digital composite overview images

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-164

  Boewer, Michael ^a   Arndt, H ^a   Ostermann, P A W ^b   Petersein, J ^c   Mutze, S ^a  

^a Institute for Radiology   (Germany)

^b Accident and Emergency Hospital   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image processing, computer assisted; Image quality; Leg length inequality; Radiation dose; Radiography, digital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 12144265810     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2352-y     Document Type: Article

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