{"title":"Semi-automated measurement of the cobb angle from 3D mesh models of the scoliotic spine","authors":"Uros Petkovic, Robert Korez, T. Vrtovec","doi":"10.1109/ISPA.2017.8073584","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Cobb angle is the main diagnostic parameter for evaluating spinal deformities. Traditionally, it is measured on two-dimensional coronal radiographic (X-ray) images. In this study, we present a semi-automated algorithm for the evaluation of the Cobb angle from three-dimensional mesh models of the spine. The method was tested on 22 spine models, and the obtained mean absolute error of 2.89° against reference measurements indicates that the method performs well.","PeriodicalId":117602,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPA.2017.8073584","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Cobb angle is the main diagnostic parameter for evaluating spinal deformities. Traditionally, it is measured on two-dimensional coronal radiographic (X-ray) images. In this study, we present a semi-automated algorithm for the evaluation of the Cobb angle from three-dimensional mesh models of the spine. The method was tested on 22 spine models, and the obtained mean absolute error of 2.89° against reference measurements indicates that the method performs well.