Assessment of skeletal age using a new ultrasound method;Abschätzung des knochenalters mit einer neuen ultraschallmethode

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1699-1705

  Mentzel, Hans Joachim ^a   Vogt, S ^a   Vilser, C ^a   Schwartz, T ^b   Eulenstein, M ^a   Bottcher J ^a   Tsoref, L ^b   Kauf, E ^a   Kaiser, W A ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Sunlight   (Israel)

Author keywords

Greulich Pyle; Skeletal age; Skeletal axial; Ultrasound; X ray

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ALGORITHM; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; EPIPHYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREULICH AND PYLE ATLAS; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND; STANDARD; ULNA; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 29144530658     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858764     Document Type: Article

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