Title :
3D processing of MRI images of the knee for for computer aided surgery planning
Author :
La Paglia, M. ; Kuiper, J.H. ; Richardson, J.B. ; McCall, Iain ; Ruggiero, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatic Syst. & Telecommun., Univ. of Genoa, Italy
Abstract :
Magnetic resonance imaging has become a very powerful tool to investigate articular cartilage in patients with degenerative joint disease. We have set up a system for tridimensional reconstruction of the knee structure and completely automated cartilage segmentation based on MRI images.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; diseases; image reconstruction; image segmentation; medical image processing; orthopaedics; surgery; 3D processing; articular cartilage investigation; completely automated cartilage segmentation; completely noninvasive method; computer aided surgery planning; degenerative joint disease; internal structure mapping; knee MRI images; knee morphology; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; tridimensional reconstruction; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Joints; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Power system planning; Process planning; Rendering (computer graphics); Surgery; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7557-2
DOI :
10.1109/MCTE.2002.1175068
