Quantitative Paraspinal Muscle Measurements: Inter-Software Reliability and Agreement Using OsiriX and ImageJ

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 853-864

  Fortin, Maryse ^a   Battie, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861882918     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110380     Document Type: Article

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