Computer-aided assessment of scoliosis on posteroanterior radiographs

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-195

  Zhang, Junhua ^a   Lou, Edmond ^b   Hill, Douglas L ^b   Raso, James V ^b   Wang, Yuanyuan ^c   Le, Lawrence H ^d   Shi, Xinling ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Computer aided measurement; Radiograph; Scoliosis; Vertebral rotation

Indexed keywords

COBB ANGLE; COMPUTER-AIDED ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; OBSERVER VARIABILITY; RADIOGRAPH; ROTATION MEASUREMENT; SHAPE PRIORS; SNAKE MODEL;

HOUGH TRANSFORMS; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROTATION;

MEASUREMENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCOLIOSIS; TORSION; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 77649238569     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0556-7     Document Type: Article

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