Skeletal bone age Assessment - Research directions

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-96

  Thangam, P ^a   Mahendiran, T V ^b   Thanushkodi, K ^c  

^a SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering   (India)

^c AKSHAYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bone Age Assessment (BAA); Endocrine disorders; Left Hand wrist radiograph; Pediatric medicine; Skeletal Bone Age Assessment

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE AGE ASSESSMENT; CHRONOLOGICAL AGE; ENDOCRINE DISORDERS; GENETIC DISORDERS; LEFT-HAND WRIST RADIOGRAPH; SKELETAL AGE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84874054520     PISSN: 17919320     EISSN: 17912377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25103/jestr.051.16     Document Type: Review

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