Instrument for measuring angles in spine radiographs
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Yves Miaux1, Ali Guermazi, Anke Fierlinger
1Synarc Inc, Radiology Services, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.
Orthopedics
|August 27, 2005
Abstract:
This study describes an instrument that is simple to use when measuring angles in spine radiographs. Compared to the conventional method, measurements obtained with this instrument are reproducible and are less time-consuming.
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