Automated Determination of the Spine-Based Coordinate System for an Efficient Cross-Sectional Visualization of 3D Spine Images - Spinal Imaging and Image Analysis

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pathological anatomy is oriented comparable to healthy anatomy, thus facilitating

image interpretation and allowing a more objective evaluation and diagnosis of the

abnormalities, especially in the case of signi

cant coronal (e.g. scoliosis) or sagittal

(e.g. hyper-kyphosis or hyper-lordosis) spinal curvatures. Furthermore, the

knowledge on the location and orientation of the spine in 3D can be exploited by

other image analysis techniques.

Acknowledgements The author would like to thank B. Ibragimov (University of Ljubljana,

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia) for manually segmenting the spine from a CT image

that was used for rendering purposes.

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