Canovas F, Jaeger M, Dimeglio A, Bonnel F, Sultan C
Département de chirurgie orthopédique, hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU, Montpellier, France.
Arch Pediatr. 2000 Sep;7(9):976-81. doi: 10.1016/s0929-693x(00)90014-9.
Radiographic evaluation of skeletal maturation with or without automated systems relies on the comparison between the radiographic appearance of portions of a child's skeleton and the standardized appearance in a comparable population of children. Assessment of skeletal maturation using image analysis of wrist computerized-assisted tomography is a quantitative method allowing for measurements of the volume of each carpal bone, the axis of inertia, and the mean bone density. Morphological modifications of carpal bones are characterized by quantitative data relating to the length of the axis of inertia and the volume. Imaging is a potentially useful method for carpal bone assessment during growth.
无论有无自动化系统，骨骼成熟度的影像学评估都依赖于儿童骨骼部分的影像学表现与可比儿童群体的标准化表现之间的比较。使用腕部计算机辅助断层扫描的图像分析来评估骨骼成熟度是一种定量方法，可测量每块腕骨的体积、惯性轴和平均骨密度。腕骨的形态学改变以与惯性轴长度和体积相关的定量数据为特征。影像学检查是生长期间评估腕骨的一种潜在有用的方法。
