Factors influencing spinal curvature measurements on ultrasound images for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)

• Rui Zheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China

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• Doug Hill,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Douglas Hedden,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• James Mahood,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Marc Moreau,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Sarah Southon,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Edmond Lou

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elou@ualberta.ca

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7531-8377

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