The impact of stereo-visualisation of three-dimensional CT datasets on the inter- and intraobserver reliability of the AO/OTA and Neer classifications in the assessment of fractures of the proximal humerus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-771

  Brunner, A ^a   Honigmann, P ^a   Treumann, T ^a   Babst, R ^a  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66349133910     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B6.22109     Document Type: Article

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