Assessment of scoliosis by direct measurement of the curvature of the spine

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7260, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dougherty, Geoff ^a   Johnson, Michael J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Curvature; Ferguson angle; Scoliosis; Spine; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

COBB ANGLE; CURVATURE; FERGUSON ANGLE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; TORTUOSITY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; METRIC SYSTEM; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66749171246     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.806655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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