Skeletal age assessment in children using an open compact MRI system
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Skeletal age assessment in children using an open compact MRI system.
MRI may be a noninvasive and alternative tool for skeletal age assessment in children, although few studies have reported on this topic. In this article, skeletal age was assessed over a wide range of ages using an open, compact MRI optimized for the imaging of a child's hand and wrist, and its validity was evaluated. MR images and their three-dimensional segmentation visualized detailed skelet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0740-3194
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24439