EOS low-dose radiography: A reliable and accurate upright assessment of lower-limb lengths

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Escott, Benjamin G ^a   Ravi, Bheeshma ^a   Weathermon, Adam C ^b   Acharya, Jay ^c   Gordon, Christopher L ^d   Babyn, Paul S ^e   Kelley, Simon P ^f   Narayanan, Unni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Diagnostic Imaging ^*  (Canada)

^e ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Holland Musculoskeletal Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BONE LENGTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMUR; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893051291     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00989     Document Type: Article

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