Vertebral rotation estimation from frontal X-rays using a quasi-automated pedicle detection method

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 28; no. 12; pp. 3026 - 3034
• Main Authors: Ebrahimi, Shahin, Gajny, Laurent, Vergari, Claudio, Angelini, Elsa D., Skalli, Wafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2019; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Automation; Image processing; Learning algorithms; Life Sciences; Localization; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Radiography; Scoliosis; Surgical Orthopedics; Vertebrae; X-rays; Pedicle detection; Scoliosis; X-rays; Machine learning; Vertebral axial rotation

Purpose Measurement of vertebral axial rotation (VAR) is relevant for the assessment of scoliosis. Stokes method allows estimating VAR in frontal X-rays from the relative position of the pedicles and the vertebral body. This method requires identifying these landmarks for each vertebral level, which...