Title
Hough Transform-Based Approach For Estimating 3d Rotation Angles Of Vertebrae From Biplanar Radiographs Using Gpu-Acceleration
Abstract
For scoliosis assessment, a system was developed to estimate the three-dimensional (3D) rotation angles of vertebrae from biplanar radiographs. The proposed approach was based on the generalized Hough transform (GHT) technique to match the projected contours of the standard 3D primitive with vertebral edges detected in biplanar radiographs. A deformation tolerant matching strategy was proposed to extend the GHT for an inexact contour matching. The system was implemented on a graphics processing unit (GPU). Seventeen dry vertebral specimens were used to evaluate accuracy. Precision was tested by three operators on 181 vertebrae from radiographs of 15 patients. With GPU computing, the average estimation time was 10 s for a vertebra. Results showed that the 3D estimation error was less than 2.5 degrees with the mean value of 1.6 degrees. The intraoperator variability was within 1.6 degrees and the interoperator variability was within 2.2 degrees. These promising results indicate that the proposed system can help orthopedic surgeons measure the 3D vertebral rotation angles from two-dimensional radiographs for better assessment of scoliosis. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 23, 272-279, 2013
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1002/ima.22061
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Keywords
Field
DocType
vertebral rotation angle, biplanar radiography, contour matching, scoliosis, Hough transform, GPU-acceleration
Computer vision,Scoliosis,Computer science,Hough transform,Contour matching,General-purpose computing on graphics processing units,Artificial intelligence,Acceleration,Radiography,Vertebra,Graphics processing unit
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23
3
0899-9457
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
16
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Junhua Zhang1376.68
Liang Lv2323.42
xinling shi37415.34
Fei Guo461.30
Yufeng Zhang511730.05
Hongjian Li691.41