Measurement of angular and linear segmental lumbar spine flexion-extension motion by means of image registration

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Penning, L ^a   Irwan, R ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexion extension; Image registration; Lumbar spine; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESPONSE TIME; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 16344390786     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0761-x     Document Type: Article

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