Bone age assessment in Hispanic children: digital hand atlas compared with the Greulich and Pyle (G&P) atlas

James Reza Fernandez; Aifeng Zhang; Linda Vachon; Sinchai Tsao

doi:10.1117/12.772888

11 March 2008 Bone age assessment in Hispanic children: digital hand atlas compared with the Greulich and Pyle (G&P) atlas

James Reza Fernandez, Aifeng Zhang, Linda Vachon, Sinchai Tsao

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Proceedings Volume 6919, Medical Imaging 2008: PACS and Imaging Informatics; 691918 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772888
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Bone age assessment is most commonly performed with the use of the Greulich and Pyle (G&P) book atlas, which was developed in the 1950s. The population of theUnited States is not as homogenous as the Caucasian population in the Greulich and Pyle in the 1950s, especially in the Los Angeles, California area. A digital hand atlas (DHA) based on 1,390 hand images of children of different racial backgrounds (Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, and Asian) aged 0-18 years was collected from Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Statistical analysis discovered significant discrepancies exist between Hispanic and the G&P atlas standard. To validate the usage of DHA as a clinical standard, diagnostic radiologists performed reads on Hispanic pediatric hand and wrist computed radiography images using either the G&P pediatric radiographic atlas or the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Digital Hand Atlas (DHA) as reference. The order in which the atlas is used (G&P followed by DHA or vice versa) for each image was prepared before actual reading begins. Statistical analysis of the results was then performed to determine if a discrepancy exists between the two readings.

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James Reza Fernandez, Aifeng Zhang, Linda Vachon, and Sinchai Tsao "Bone age assessment in Hispanic children: digital hand atlas compared with the Greulich and Pyle (G&P) atlas", Proc. SPIE 6919, Medical Imaging 2008: PACS and Imaging Informatics, 691918 (11 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772888

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