Automation of bone age reading and a new prediction model improve adult height prediction in children with short stature

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 312-319

  Unrath, Marina ^a   Thodberg, Hans Henrik ^b   Schweizer, Roland ^a   Ranke, Michael B ^a   Binder, Gerhard ^a   Martin, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Visiana   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult height prediction; Automatic bone age; Bayley Pinneau; BoneXpert; Greulich Pyle method; Growth potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT HEIGHT PREDICTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BONE AGE; AUTOMATION; BAYLEY PINNEA ADULT HEIGHT PREDICTION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREULICH PYLE BONE AGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 84928203287     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345875     Document Type: Article

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