Method and system for extracting spine geometrical data

Details Method and system for extracting spine geometrical data Method and system for extracting spine geometrical data

2006-05-16

2006-05-16

Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2625)

Image analysis

Applications

Biomedical applications

C600S594000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07046830

ABSTRACT:
A method for extracting geometrical data from a 2-D digital image of the spine, comprising steps for determining spine outlines, endplates and corners wherein:digitizing the spine center line and end points;constructing a 2-D image band, referred to as Rubber-Band, whose center line is a spline representing the spine center line, and unfolding said Rubber-Band for constructing a 2-D Rectangular-Band;processing the 2-D Rectangular-Band image data in order to estimate best paths going through selected points for determining the spine outlines, then the endplates based on the found outline data and the corners at the intersection of the outlines and endplates.

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“Digital Radiography Segmentation of Scoliotic Vertebral Body using Deformable Models” by Claude Kauffmann and Jacques A. de Guise in SPIOE vol. 3034, pp. 243-251.

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