Abstract
Choosing the most suitable treatment for the scoliosis relies heavily on accurate and reproducible spinal curvature measurement from radiographs. Our objective is to reduce the variability in spinal curvature measurement by reducing the user intervention and bias. In order to determine the reliability of the spinal curvature measurement as it is in the clinical measurement of scoliosis a methodological survey has been carried out that concludes with inter and intra observer error variation. The proposed method list out horizontal inclination of all the vertebrae's in terms of slopes using active contour models and morphological operators. This facilitates the radiologist to decide end vertebrae and hence inter/intra observer variation is completely eliminated. Tables 1 and 2 shows the observer error variation between manual and proposed methods in terms of mean and standard deviation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1943-1951 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Systems |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 06-2012 |
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Automatic quantification of spinal curvature in scoliotic radiograph using image processing. / Anitha, H.; Prabhu, G. K.
In: Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 36, No. 3, 06.2012, p. 1943-1951.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Automatic quantification of spinal curvature in scoliotic radiograph using image processing
AU - Anitha, H.
AU - Prabhu, G. K.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Choosing the most suitable treatment for the scoliosis relies heavily on accurate and reproducible spinal curvature measurement from radiographs. Our objective is to reduce the variability in spinal curvature measurement by reducing the user intervention and bias. In order to determine the reliability of the spinal curvature measurement as it is in the clinical measurement of scoliosis a methodological survey has been carried out that concludes with inter and intra observer error variation. The proposed method list out horizontal inclination of all the vertebrae's in terms of slopes using active contour models and morphological operators. This facilitates the radiologist to decide end vertebrae and hence inter/intra observer variation is completely eliminated. Tables 1 and 2 shows the observer error variation between manual and proposed methods in terms of mean and standard deviation.
AB - Choosing the most suitable treatment for the scoliosis relies heavily on accurate and reproducible spinal curvature measurement from radiographs. Our objective is to reduce the variability in spinal curvature measurement by reducing the user intervention and bias. In order to determine the reliability of the spinal curvature measurement as it is in the clinical measurement of scoliosis a methodological survey has been carried out that concludes with inter and intra observer error variation. The proposed method list out horizontal inclination of all the vertebrae's in terms of slopes using active contour models and morphological operators. This facilitates the radiologist to decide end vertebrae and hence inter/intra observer variation is completely eliminated. Tables 1 and 2 shows the observer error variation between manual and proposed methods in terms of mean and standard deviation.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10916-011-9654-9
DO - 10.1007/s10916-011-9654-9
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 1943
EP - 1951
JO - Journal of Medical Systems
JF - Journal of Medical Systems
SN - 0148-5598
IS - 3
ER -