Life Sciences
Reports outline life sciences in children research from Martin University
Published in Telemedicine Business Week, June 3rd, 2009
Research findings, 'Clinical application of automated Greulich-Pyle bone age determination in children with short stature,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Germany, "Bone age (BA) rating is time consuming and highly rater dependent. To adjust the fully automated BoneXpert method to agree with the manual Greulich and Pyle BA (GP BA) ratings of five raters and to validate the accuracy for short children."
"A total of 1,097 left hand radiographs from 188 children with short stature, including growth hormone deficiency (44%) and Turner syndrome (29%) were evaluated. BoneXpert rejected 14 of the 1,097 radiographs, and deviated by more than 1.9 years...
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