Automatic cobb angle determination from radiographic images

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Sardjono, Tri Arief ^a   Wilkinson, Michael H F ^b   Veldhuizen, Albert G ^c   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^c   Purnama, Ketut E ^a   Verkerke, Gijsbertus J ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

charged particle model; Cobb angle; curve fi tting; deformable model; radiograph; scoliosis; spinal curvature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COBB ANGLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 84884753618     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a0c7c3     Document Type: Article

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