Total body height estimation using sacrum height in Anatolian Caucasians: Multidetector computed tomography-based virtual anthropometry

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a   Celbis, Osman ^a   Harma, Ahmet ^a   Alicioglu, Banu ^b,c  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Trakya University Health Sciences Institute ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body height estimation; Multidetector computed tomography; Osteometric analysis; Sacrum height; Virtual anthropometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953865317     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-0937-x     Document Type: Article

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