Diagnosis of the Bone Age and Prediction of Adult Height by the Ebrí Methods (New Computer Programs): New Software, Bone Age Calculation

The authors offer the possibility of free download of three computer programs (Ebrí indexes) two new ones that are added to the existing one and that automatically give us the diagnoses of bone age and prediction of the adult height of children from 0.5 to 20 years, 0.5 to 4 years, by introducing measures of carpal and metacarpophalangeal bones with the digital mouse or a nonius on the physical radiograph, along with the size of the child and the parents. And the third program, introducing measures of bones of the tarsus for children from newly borns to four years. These programs can be downloaded free, from the website of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Zaragoza (Spain) www.comz.org. Once on the page, look for the banner: “Bone Maturation”, and click on it. Throughout the exposition of this article we recall the research of the authors, over more than forty years that has led to these programs. The pediatrician can also consult the guide that explains how to use these methods, handling the digital mouse, and how to perform the measurements on the digital radiographs stored on the Intranet Network of Insalud.