Reproducibility of computer-assisted joint alignment measurement in OA knee radiographs

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-585

  Wong, A K O ^a   Inglis, D ^a   Beattie, K A ^a   Doan, A ^a   Ioannidis, G ^a   Obeid, J ^a   Adachi, J D ^a   Papaioannou, A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomic landmarks; Computer assisted; Digital; Knee alignment angle; Reproducibility; Severe knee osteoarthritis; Severe osteoarthritis; Total Knee Arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 64849105645     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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