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Objective The description of femoral head sphericity and related risk for femoroacetabularimpingement is currently limited to an angular estimate—the alpha angle—whose relevance and accuracy have been challenged. We developed a three-dimensional approach for both automated digital measurement of the alpha angle and the detection of camdeformities. Accuracy and diagnostic relevance of the alpha angle...