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Computer-assisted Cobb measurement of scoliosis

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This study was devised to develop a simple computerised method for measuring and quantifying the magnitude of spinal curvatures. A digitally scanned antero-posterior radiographic image was used. The vertebral column was defined as a line that can be subdivided into a number of segments, rather than into the exact number of vertebrae. The technique developed allows an observer to measure the spinal curvature with a high resolution and accuracy. One important advantage of the technique is that the assessor does not need to be skilled or experienced in measurement of a spinal curvature.

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  1. School of Health, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF, UK, UK

    Nachiappan Chockalingam & Tom Cochrane

  2. Departments of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology & Musculo-skeletal Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, UK

    Peter H. Dangerfield

  3. SATRU, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK, UK

    Giannis Giakas

  4. Regional Spinal Unit, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK, UK

    John C. Dorgan

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  1. Nachiappan Chockalingam
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Correspondence to Nachiappan Chockalingam.

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Chockalingam, N., Dangerfield, P.H., Giakas, G. et al. Computer-assisted Cobb measurement of scoliosis. Eur Spine J 11, 353–357 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-002-0386-x

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