Radiation-free quantitative assessment of scoliosis: A multi center prospective study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Ovadia, Dror ^a,b   Bar On, Elhanan ^c   Fragnière, Bruno ^d   Rigo, Manuel ^e   Dickman, Dalia ^f   Leitner, Joseph ^g   Wientroub, Shlomo ^a,b   Dubousset, Jean ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^e E Salvá Institute   (Spain)

^f OrthoScan Technologies   (Israel)

^g MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3 D assessment; Kyphosis; Radiation free; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 33846427782     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0118-8     Document Type: Article

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