Application of Ultrasound for Bone Age Estimation in Clinical Practice

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-247

  Khan, Khalid M ^a   Miller, Bradley S ^a   Hoggard, Eric ^b   Somani, Arif ^a   Sarafoglou, Kyriakie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149520587     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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