Spinal curvature measurement by tracked ultrasound snapshots

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 447-454

  Ungi, Tamas ^a   King, Franklin ^a   Kempston, Michael ^a   Keri, Zsuzsanna ^a   Lasso, Andras ^a   Mousavi, Parvin ^a   Rudan, John ^a   Borschneck, Daniel P ^a   Fichtinger, Gabor ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic kyphoscoliosis; Kyphosis; Scoliosis; Tracked sonography; Tracked ultrasound snapshot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; KYPHOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; SCOLIOSIS; TRACKED ULTRASOUND SNAPSHOT; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPRAYED COATINGS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRACKED ULTRASOUND SNAPSHOT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; X RAY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; TRACKED SONOGRAPHY; TRACKED ULTRASOUND SNAPSHOT;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84891624097     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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