title: Error analysis of scoliosis curvature measurement.
abstract: The Cobb angle is the recommended standard for curvature assessment of scoliotic patients. Because the errors associated with this measure are thought to be significant, we conducted a study to quantify the variability of the Cobb measure among observers, within each observer's repeated measurements, and between the traditional protractor Cobb measurement and a computer-aided technique.
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*