Validating an imaging and analysis system for assessing torso deformities

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-303

  Ajemba, Peter O ^a   Durdle, Nelson G ^a   Hill, Doug L ^b   James Raso, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D surface measurement; Laser digitizer; Non invasive measurement; Scoliosis; Torso imaging; Trunk asymmetry

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

LASER DIGITIZER; NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; TORSO IMAGING; TRUNK ASYMMETRY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRUNK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANIKINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 39549086018     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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