A Computer-aided Cobb angle measurement method and its reliability

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 383-387

  Zhang, Junhua ^a   Lou, Edmond ^b   Shi, Xinling ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^c   Hill, Douglas L ^b   Raso, James V ^b   Le, Lawrence H ^d   Lv, Liang ^e  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e First People s Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; computer aided measurement; posteroanterior radiograph; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77955459653     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181bb9a3c     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Lonstein JE. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Lancet. 1994;344: 1407-1412.
2. Colwell HR. Radiographic measurements and clinical decisions. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1990;72:319.
3. Cobb JR. Outline for the study of scoliosis. Am Acad Orthop Surg Inst Course Lect. 1948;5:261-275.
4. Lonstein JE, Carlson JM. The prediction of curve progression in untreated idiopathic scoliosis during growth. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1984;66:1061-1071.
5. Morrissy RT, Goldsmith GS, Hall EC, et al. Measurement of the Cobb angle on radiographs of patients who have scoliosis. Evaluation of intrinsic error. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1990;72:320-327.
6. Pruijs JEH, Hageman MAPE, Keessen W, et al. Variation in Cobb angle measurements in scoliosis. Skeletal Radiol. 1994;23:517-520.
7. Loder RT, Spiegel D, Gutknecht S, et al. The assessment of intraobserver and interobserver error in the measurement of non- congenital scoliosis in children ≤10 years of age. Spine. 2004;29: 2548-2553.
8. Carman DL, Browne RH, Birch JG. Measurement of scoliosis and kyphosis radiographs. Intraobserver and interobserver variation. J Bone Joint Furg Am. 1990;72:328-333.
9. Mok JM, Berven SH, Diab M, et al. Comparison of observer variation in conventional and three digital radiographic methods used in the evaluation of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine. 2008;33:681-686.
10. Allen S, Parent E, Khorasani M, et al. Validity and reliability of active shape models for the estimation of Cobb angle in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. J Digit Imaging. 2008;21:208-218.
11. Chockalingam N, Dangerfield PH, Giakas G, et al. Computer-assisted Cobb measurement of scoliosis. Eur Spine J. 2002;11:353-357.
12. Han JH, Koczy LT, Poston T. Fuzzy Hough transform. Patterns Recognit Lett. 1994;15:649-658.
13. Hough PVC. Method and means for recognizing complex patterns. US Patent. 1962;3069654.
14. Canny J. A computational approach to edge detection. IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell. 1986;8:679-714.
15. Zhang J, Lou E, Le L, et al. Automatic Cobb measurement of scoliosis based on fuzzy Hough transform with vertebral shape prior. J Digit Imaging. 2008;doi: 10.1007/s10278-008-9127-y.
16. Currier DP. Elements of Research in Physical Therapy. Baltimore, US: Williams and Wilkins; 1984:155-165.