Automatic spinal fracture diagnosis and surgical management based on 3D image analysis and reconstruction of CT transverse sections

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 204-214

  Hsieh, Ming Shium ^a   Tsai, Ming Dar ^b   Yeh, Yi Der ^b   Jou, Shyan Bin ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D image reconstruction; Anatomic reduction and fusion; B spline radial approximation; Burst fracture; Compression fracture; Feature recognition; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

SPINAL FRACTURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0037175270     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237202000309     Document Type: Article

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