Name
Title | ||
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Computer-aided optimal design of custom scoliosis braces considering clinical and patient evaluations. |
Abstract | ||
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Scoliosis causes an abnormal three dimensional curvature of the spine that is often treated by an orthotic device called brace. The objective of this research was to develop a new approach to automatically identify the optimal design of custom-built brace, based on clinical and patient evaluations. In this approach, torso geometry of the scoliosis patient was achieved using a 3-D imaging system that generated a 3-D torso surface model, which was modified using a custom CAD system to design the 3-D brace surface model. Two design parameters, a translational correction factor and a rotational correction factor, were selected to design the brace geometry from the torso geometry. The 3-D digital brace was evaluated by three clinical evaluation measures (imbalance, rib hump and principal axis angle reduction) and one patient evaluation measure (discomfort). A multi-objective optimization method was employed to identify the optimal design parameters considering both clinical and patient evaluations. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.12.017 | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
3-d torso surface model,torso geometry,design parameter,patient evaluation,scoliosis patient,optimal design,clinical evaluation measure,optimal design parameter,custom scoliosis,computer-aided optimal design,patient evaluation measure,3-d imaging system,cad,multi objective optimization,cam | Scoliosis,Computer science,Computer-aided,Physical therapy,Optimal design,Artificial intelligence,CAD,Computer vision,Torso,Brace,Curvature,Orthodontics,Orthotic device | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
107 | 3 | 1872-7565 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 1 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Visser | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Deyi Xue | 2 | 150 | 19.11 |
| Janet L Ronsky | 3 | 17 | 4.51 |
| James Harder | 4 | 6 | 1.33 |
| Ronald F Zernicke | 5 | 6 | 1.67 |