Automatic determination of left- and right-hand bone age in the first Zurich longitudinal study

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-55

  Martin, David D ^a   Neuhof, Julia ^a   Jenni, Oskar G ^b   Ranke, Michael B ^a   Thodberg, Hans Henrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Visiana   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Bone age; Greulich Pyle; Normative data; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; BONEXPERT BONE AGE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GREULICH PYLE BONE AGE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HAND BONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954811682     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313369     Document Type: Article

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