Methods for characterization and optimisation of measuring performance of stereoscopic x-ray systems with image intensifiers

The use of biplanar high-speed x-ray fluoroscopy to study fast, 3D movements that are inaccessible from external views has grown significantly in the past decade. Owing to the development of specialised software for calibration, distortion correction, and automated tracking of radio-opaque marker implants, this technique will soon become the standard to analyse skeletal kinematics of vertebrate animals. However, tests of important...