Automatic measurement of vertebral rotation in idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Adam, Clayton J ^a,b   Askin, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automatic measurement; Computed tomography; Idiopathic scoliosis; Symmetry ratio algorithm; Vertebral rotation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32244431734     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000197653.64796.9d     Document Type: Article

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