Skeletal age assessment in children using an open compact MRI system

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1697-1702

  Terada, Yasuhiko ^a   Kono, Saki ^a   Tamada, Daiki ^a   Uchiumi, Tomomi ^a   Kose, Katsumi ^a   Miyagi, Ryo ^b   Yamabe, Eiko ^b   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

imaging technique; open compact MRI; pediatrics; skeletal age assessment

Indexed keywords

BONE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PEDIATRICS;

CHRONOLOGICAL AGE; MR IMAGES; MRI SYSTEMS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SKELETAL AGE ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEGMENTATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY; WRIST;

EID: 84878111804     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24439     Document Type: Article

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