Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 814-819 , September 2007

Reliability of radiographic intervertebral disc height measurement for in vivo rat-tail model

Received 8 March 2006 ,Revised 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 31 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 814-819 , September 2007

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