Intra- and inter-observer reliability of determining radiographic sagittal parameters of the spine and pelvis using a manual and a computer-assisted methods

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1373-1379

  Dimar II, John R ^a   Carreon, Leah Y ^a   Labelle, Hubert ^b   Djurasovic, Mladen ^a   Weidenbaum, Mark ^c   Brown, Courtney ^d   Roussouly, Pierre ^e  

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center   (United States)

^e Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (France)

Author keywords

Computer measures; Reliability; Sagittal spine alignment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

ADULT; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE;

EID: 53149092047     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0755-1     Document Type: Article

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