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Statistical Shape and Kinematic Modeling: From Novel Advances to Clinical Practice

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 2936

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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Human Structure and Repair, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Interests: medical image analysis; computational anatomy; clinical orthopedics; orthopedic biomechanics; clinical biomechanics; sports medicine; computer assisted orthopedic surgery; computational modeling

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Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: biological shape description and characterization; geometric morphometry; computer vision; medical image synthesis; machine learning; Bayesian inference; health innovation; medical augmented reality

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1. Symbiosis Centre for Medical Image Analysis, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Lavale, Pune, India
2. Laboratory for Medical Information Processing (LaTIM), INSERM, Brest, France
Interests: machine learning; medical image analysis and synthesis; computational anatomy; statistical inference and data driven modeling; orthopedic biomechanics; clinical biomechanics; sports medicine; advanced imaging techniques; rehabilitation engineering; computer assisted orthopedic surgery; computational modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to the Special Issue of the journal of Applied Sciences entitled “Statistical Shape and Kinematic Modeling: From Novel Advances to Clinical Practice”, which aims to present recent developments in the translational field of computational anatomy (statistical shape and kinematics modeling of human organs and joints), its applications in clinical practice and beyond.

Medicine is evolving rapidly, with emerging applications leveraging the fields of machine learning, statistics, image analysis, and biomechanics. Statistical inferences in terms of statistical shape modeling have allowed a distributed diagnosis of the organs’ anatomical shape (geometry), biological and population variability, and its representation in imaging modalities. Kinematic information in terms of the joint motion or organ’s functional deformations has provided a deeper understanding when it comes to the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders or their treatment. The interface of statistical and kinematic modeling of human organs has recently been recognized within the research community. Emerging modeling frameworks have been applied for studying the effects of organs’ anatomical shape and pose on the etiology of multiple diseases or disorders.

The techniques involved are emerging and have promising applications towards modeling patient-specificity. Contributions to this Special Issue should focus on the innovative methods integrating the statistical approaches in shape and kinematics for solving clinical problems, validations conducted on such methods, or applications of such methods to solve specific clinical problems.

We kindly invite you to submit your research on this topic, in the form of original research papers, reviews, and perspective articles.

Prof. Emmanuel Audenaert
Dr. Tinashe Mutsvangwa
Assoc. Prof. Bhushan S. Borotikar
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Computational anatomy
  • Computer aided surgery
  • Computer aided diagnosis
  • Statistical shape modeling
  • Shape intensity modelling
  • Medical image analysis
  • Medical augmented reality
  • Advanced imaging techniques
  • Machine learning
  • Data driven modeling
  • Multi-class (shape, intensity/density, pose, attachment points) modeling
  • Geometric morphometry
  • Model-based 3D reconstruction
  • Articulating models
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Orthopedics and rehabilitation
  • Surgical planning
  • Biomechanics
  • Joint kinematics
  • Parameterized kinematics
  • Shoulder
  • Knee
  • Ankle
  • Spine
  • Pelvis
  • Hand, finger and wrist
  • Elbow
  • Hip
  • Joint arthroplasty
  • Pre-morbid shape prediction.

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Article
Combining 3D Structured Light Imaging and Spine X-ray Data Improves Visualization of the Spinous Lines in the Scoliotic Spine
by Sławomir Paśko and Wojciech Glinkowski
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 301; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010301 - 30 Dec 2020
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Abstract
Scoliosis is a three-dimensional trunk and spinal deformity. Patient evaluation is essential for the decision-making process and determines the selection of specific and adequate treatment. The diagnosis requires a radiological evaluation that exposes patients to radiation. This exposure reaches hazardous levels when numerous, [...] Read more.
Scoliosis is a three-dimensional trunk and spinal deformity. Patient evaluation is essential for the decision-making process and determines the selection of specific and adequate treatment. The diagnosis requires a radiological evaluation that exposes patients to radiation. This exposure reaches hazardous levels when numerous, repetitive radiographic studies are required for diagnostics, monitoring, and treatment. Technological improvements in radiographic devices have significantly reduced radiation exposure, but the risk for patients remains. Optical three-dimensional surface topography (3D ST) measurement systems that use surface topography (ST) to screen, diagnose, and monitor scoliosis are safer alternatives to radiography. The study aimed to show that the combination of plain X-ray and 3D ST scans allows for an approximate presentation of the vertebral column spinous processes line in space to determine the shape of the spine’s deformity in scoliosis patients. Twelve patients diagnosed with scoliosis, aged 13.1 ± 4.5 years (range: 9 to 20 years) (mean: Cobb angle 17.8°, SD: ±9.5°) were enrolled in the study. Patients were diagnosed using full-spine X-ray and whole torso 3D ST. The novel three-dimensional assessment of the spinous process lines by merging 3D ST and X-ray data in patients with scoliosis was implemented. The method’s expected uncertainty is less than 5 mm, which is better than the norm for a standard measurement tool. The presented accuracy level is considered adequate; the proposed solution is accurate enough to monitor the changes in the shape of scoliosis’s spinous processes line. The proposed method allows for a relatively precise calculation of the spinous process lines based on a three-dimensional point cloud obtained with a four-directional, three-dimensional structured light diagnostic system and a single X-ray image. The method may help reduce patients’ total radiation exposure and avoid one X-ray in the sagittal projection if biplanar radiograms are required for reconstructing the three-dimensional line of the spinous processes line. Full article
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