Determination of axial vertebral rotation in MR images: Comparison of four manual and a computerized method

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 774-781

  Vrtovec, Tomaž ^a   Pernuš, Franjo ^a   Likar, Boštjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Spine Axial vertebral rotation Magnetic resonance imaging Manual methods Computerized methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL VERTEBRAL ROTATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCOLIOSIS; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77954509559     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1340-y     Document Type: Article

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