A preliminary study of a new real-time ultrasound method for measuring rib rotation and spinal rotation in scoliosis

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 37, Issue , 1997, Pages 335-337

  Kirby, A S ^a,b   Aujla, R K ^a,b   Burwell, R G ^a,b   Cole, A A ^a,b   Moulton, A ^a,b   Polak, F J ^a,b   Webb, J K ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; PORTABLE ULTRASOUND; REAL-TIME TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND METHODS; VERTEBRAL ROTATIONS; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

ROTATION;

EID: 57049158687     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-881-6-335     Document Type: Article

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2. Kirby AS (1996) The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of scoliosis. In: Current Topics in Radiography 2. Audrey Paterson and Richard Price (eds). Chapter 20, pp 237-249. London: WB Saunders.
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4. Whitwell DJ, Kirby AS, Burwell RG, Cole AA, Moulton A, Polak FJ and Webb JK (1995) Ultrasound rib and vertebral rotation in the trunk of screening referrals and pre-operative patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Clinical Anatomy 8, 153.
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