Development of automatized new indices for radiological assessment of chest-wall deformity and its quantitative evaluation

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 815-823

  Kim, H C ^a   Park, H J ^a   Ham, S Y ^a   Nam, K W ^b   Choi, S Y ^b   Oh, J S ^b   Choi, H ^a   Jeong, G S ^a,b   Park, S W ^c   Kim, M G ^b   Sun, K ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assessment index; Chest wall deformity; Funnel chest; Pectus excavatum; Quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; CHEST WALL; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGES; ECCENTRICITY (ECC); FLATNESS INDEX; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; NEW INDICES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ROTATION INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SYNTHETIC IMAGES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CIRCULARITY INDEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCENTRICITY INDEX; FEMALE; FLATNESS INDEX; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48749113161     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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