Fully automatic measurements of axial vertebral rotation for assessment of spinal deformity in idiopathic scoliosis

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1775-1787

  Forsberg, Daniel ^a,c   Lundström, Claes ^a,c   Andersson, Mats ^a   Vavruch, Ludvig ^a,b   Tropp, Hans ^a,b   Knutsson, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sectra   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; VERTEBRAL ROTATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

MEASUREMENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874852045     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/6/1775     Document Type: Article

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