Determination of Skeletal Age From Hand Radiographs Using Deep Learning.

Journal: The American journal of sports medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgeons treating skeletally immature patients use skeletal age to determine appropriate surgical strategies. Traditional bone age estimation methods utilizing hand radiographs are time-consuming.

Authors

  • Joshua T Bram
    Lerner Children's Pavilion, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Ayoosh Pareek
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Samuel A Beber
    Lerner Children's Pavilion, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Ruth H Jones
  • M Moein Shariatnia
    Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Amir Daliliyazdi
    Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • Olivia C Tracey
    Lerner Children's Pavilion, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Daniel W Green
    Lerner Children's Pavilion, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Peter D Fabricant
    Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 USA.