Development and model form assessment of an automatic subject-specific vertebra reconstruction method.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current spine models for analog bench models, surgical navigation and training platforms are conventionally based on 3D models from anatomical human body polygon database or from time-consuming manual-labelled data. This work proposed a workflow of quick and accurate subject-specific vertebra reconstruction method and quantified the reconstructed model accuracy and model form errors.

Authors

  • Dingzhong Zhang
    Institute of Biomedical Manufacturing and Life Quality Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Room 805, Dongchuan Road 800, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China.
  • Ahmed Aoude
    Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montréal, Québec, H3G 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: ahmed.aoude@mcgill.ca.
  • Mark Driscoll
    Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke St. W, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 0G4, Canada; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montréal, Québec, H3G 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: mark.driscoll@mcgill.ca.