Assessment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures using specialized workflow software for 6-point morphometry

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-148

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Palmieri, Francesco ^b   Placentino, Maria Grazia ^b   D'Errico, Francesco ^b   Stoppino, Luca Pio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CSS Scientific Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Osteoporosis; Radiograph; Spine fractures; Statistical shape models (SSM); Vertebral shape analysis

Indexed keywords

OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPH; SPINE FRACTURES; STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELS (SSM); VERTEBRAL SHAPE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 63649119774     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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