Measuring the critical shoulder angle on radiographs: an accurate and repeatable deep learning model.

Journal: Skeletal radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Since the critical shoulder angle (CSA) is considered a risk factor for shoulder pathology and the intra- and inter-rater variabilities in its calculation are not negligible, we developed a deep learning model that calculates it automatically and accurately.

Authors

  • Marco Minelli
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy. marco.minelli@st.hunimed.eu.
  • Andrea Cina
    IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy.
  • Fabio Galbusera
    Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. fabio.galbusera@grupposandonato.it.
  • Alessandro Castagna
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy.
  • Victor Savevski
    Artificial Intelligence Center IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
  • Luca Maria Sconfienza
    Unit of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.