A morphological study of lumbar vertebral endplates: Radiographic, visual and digital measurements

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2316-2323

  Wang, Yue ^a,b   Battié, Michele C ^a   Videman, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial disc; Disc arthroplasty; Endplate; Lumbar spine; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872171113     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2415-8     Document Type: Article

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