Validity and reliability of a method for assessment of cervical vertebral maturation

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-234

  Zhao, Xiao Guang ^a   Lin, Jiuxiang ^a   Jiang, Jiu Hui ^a   Wang, Qingzhu ^a   Hong, Sut N G ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebral maturation; Growth and development; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBERTY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863381981     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/051511-333.1     Document Type: Article

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