Quantification of the accuracy of MRI generated 3D models of long bones compared to CT generated 3D models

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-363

  Rathnayaka, Kanchana ^a   Momot, Konstantin I ^a   Noser, Hansrudi ^b   Volp, Andrew ^c   Schuetz, Michael A ^a,c   Sahama, Tony ^a   Schmutz, Beat ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D models; CT; Femur; MRI

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; AVERAGE ERRORS; BONE SURFACE; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CT; CT SCANNERS; FEMUR; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; LONG BONE; MECHANICAL CONTACT; MULTI-THRESHOLD SEGMENTATION; REFERENCE MODELS; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL VALIDATION;

BONE; CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHEEP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858159343     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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