Syndesmophyte growth in ankylosing spondylitis

S Tan, R Wang, MM Ward - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Tan S, Yao J, Flynn JA, et al. Quantitative measurement of syndesmophyte volume and
height in ankylosing spondylitis using CT. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 73:544–550. … Tan S …

Computed tomography in axial spondyloarthritis

S Tan, MM Ward - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… Using conventional CT, Tan et al. [7,8] fully quantified syndesmophytes in terms of volume,
height and location. In de Bruin et al.'s study, syndesmophytes were assessed by human …

Vertebral bone mineral density, vertebral strength, and syndesmophyte growth in ankylosing spondylitis: the importance of bridging

S Tan, H Bagheri, D Lee, A Shafiei… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the relationship between vertebral trabecular bone mineral density (tBMD),
vertebral strength, and syndesmophytes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) …

Zygapophyseal joint fusion in ankylosing spondylitis assessed by computed tomography: associations with syndesmophytes and spinal motion

S Tan, J Yao, JA Flynn, L Yao, MM Ward - The Journal of rheumatology, 2017 - jrheum.org
Objective. Because zygapophyseal joints (ZJ) are difficult to visualize on radiographs, little
is known about the relationship of ZJ fusion to other features of spinal damage in ankylosing …

Inverse perspective mapping and optic flow: A calibration method and a quantitative analysis

S Tan, J Dale, A Anderson, A Johnston - Image and Vision Computing, 2006 - Elsevier
… This gives us values for the three projection parameters:(9) tan θ = − u c = v Z cos θ = K u …
c 0 + c tan θ 0 tan θ c + c 0 tan θ 0 tan θ and λ 0 = Z c tan θ − c 0 tan θ 0 c + c 0 tan θ 0 tan θ …

Syndesmophyte Growth in Ankylosing Spondylitis: from Laboratory to Bedside

MM Ward, S Tan - Current Rheumatology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Purpose of Review This study aims to review recent studies on risk factors for syndesmophyte
growth in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and on treatment effects. Recent Findings New …

Quantitative syndesmophyte measurement in ankylosing spondylitis using CT: longitudinal validity and sensitivity to change over 2 years

S Tan, J Yao, JA Flynn, L Yao, MM Ward - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Accurate measurement of syndesmophyte development and growth in ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) is needed for studies of biomarkers and of treatments to slow spinal fusion. …

Computer aided evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis using high-resolution CT

S Tan, J Yao, MM Ward, L Yao… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease characterized by abnormal bone structures (syndesmophytes)
growing at intervertebral disk spaces. Because this growth is so slow as to be …

Performance of three recursive algorithms for fast space-variant Gaussian filtering

S Tan, JL Dale, A Johnston - Real-Time Imaging, 2003 - Elsevier
Animal visual systems have solved the problem of limited resources by allocating more
processing power to central than peripheral vision. Foveation considerably reduces the amount …

Quantitative measurement of syndesmophyte volume and height in ankylosing spondylitis using CT

S Tan, J Yao, JA Flynn, L Yao, MM Ward - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
Objective Syndesmophyte growth in ankylosing spondylitis can be difficult to measure using
radiographs because of poor visualisation and semiquantitative scoring methods. We …