Variation in the femoral bow: A novel high-throughput analysis of 3922 femurs on cross-sectional imaging

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-9

  Maratt, Joseph ^a   Schilling, Peter L ^a   Holcombe, Sven ^b   Dougherty, Ryan ^a   Murphy, Ryan ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^b   Goulet, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ethnicity; Femoral curvature; Femur; Gender; Intramedullary implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BONE BOWING; BONE LENGTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMUR; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891826032     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31829ff3c9     Document Type: Article

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