Improved precision of syndesmophyte measurement for the evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis using CT: A phantom and patient study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4683-4704

  Tan, Sovira ^a   Yao, Jianhua ^b   Yao, Lawrence ^b   Ward, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D PROJECTIONS; 3-D SPACE; 3D OBJECT; BONE FORMATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DISC SPACE; HIGH PRECISION; HUMAN JUDGMENTS; IMPROVED ALGORITHM; ORIGINAL ALGORITHMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT; VISUAL INSPECTION; VOLUME DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863533510     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/14/4683     Document Type: Article

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