Fluoroscopic image processing for computer-aided orthopaedic surgery

Z. Yaniv, L. Joskowicz, A. Simkin, M. Garza-Jinich, C. Milgrom

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Abstract

This paper describes the fluoroscopic X-ray image processing techniques of FRACAS, a computer-integrated orthopaedic system for bone fracture reduction. Fluoroscopic image processing consists of image dewarping, camera calibration, and bone contour extraction. Our approach focuses on bone imaging and emphasizes integration, full automation, simplicity, robustness, and practicality. We describe the experimental setup and report results quantifying the accuracy of our methods. We show that after dewarping and calibration, submillimetric spatial positioning accuracy is achievable with standard equipment. We present a new bone contour segmentation algorithm based on robust image region statistics computation which yields good results on clinical images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention ─ MICCAI 1998 - 1st International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsWilliam M. Wells, Alan Colchester, Scott Delp
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages325-334
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540651365, 9783540651369
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Event1st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 1998 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: 11 Oct 199813 Oct 1998

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1496
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period11/10/9813/10/98

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998.

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