Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 594-602 , May 2007

Computer-Aided Joint Space Analysis (CAJSA) of the Proximal-Interphalangeal Joint—Normative Age-Related and Gender Specific Data

  • Alexander Pfeil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.P.
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  • Joachim Böttcher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Bettina E. Seidl

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Max L. Schäfer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Andreas Hansch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Jens-Peter Heyne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Alexander Petrovitch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • H.-J. Mentzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Thorsten Eidner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology and Osteology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany.
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  • Gunter Wolf, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology and Osteology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany.
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  • Gert Hein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology and Osteology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany.
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  • Werner A. Kaiser, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany

Received 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.01.032

Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 594-602 , May 2007

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