An innovative diagnostic procedure of vertebral deformities without exposure to x-rays

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 527-532

  Parisini, P ^a   Lolli, F ^a   Greggi, T ^a   Di Silvestre, M ^a   Cioni, A ^a   Giacomini, S ^a   Bakaloudis, G ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Non invasive; Ortelius 800; Vertebral deformities; X Rays

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MEAN AGES; NON-INVASIVE; ORTELIUS 800; PELVIC TILT; VERTEBRAL DEFORMITIES; VERTEBRAL ROTATIONS; X RAY MEASUREMENTS;

X RAYS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCOLIOSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCOLIOSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 39049188566     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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