Reliability of radiographic intervertebral disc height measurement for in vivo rat-tail model

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 814-819

  Lai, Alon ^a   Chow, Daniel H K ^a   Siu, W S ^a   Holmes, Andrew D ^a   Tang, F H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Disc height; Intervertebral disc; Radiological image; Rat model

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

DISC HEIGHT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE; RAT MODELS; STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TAIL;

ANIMALS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

EID: 34247498555     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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