Assessment of Spinal Alignment in Standing Position Using Biplanar X-ray Images and Three-dimensional Vertebral Models

Overview

Journal Porto Biomed J

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2024 Jun 21

PMID 38903393

Authors

Koichi Kobayashi

Makoto Sakamoto

Keisuke Sasagawa

Masaaki Nakai

Masashi Okamoto

Kazuhiro Hasegawa

Kengo Narita

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Abstract

We developed two methods for three-dimensional (3D) evaluation of spinal alignment in standing position by image matching between biplanar x-ray images and 3D vertebral models. One used a Slot-Scanning 3D x-ray Imager (sterEOS) to obtain biplanar x-ray images, and the other used a conventional x-ray system and a rotating table. The 3D vertebral model was constructed from the CT scan data. The spatial position of the vertebral model was determined by minimizing the contour difference between the projected image of the model and the biplanar x-ray images. Verification experiments were conducted using a torso phantom. The relative positions of the upper vertebrae to the lowest vertebrae of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae were evaluated. The mean, standard deviation, and mean square error of the relative position were less than 1° and 1 mm in all cases for sterEOS. The maximum mean squared errors of the conventional x-ray system and the rotating table were 0.7° and 0.4 mm for the cervical spine, 1.0° and 1.2 mm for the thoracic spine, and 1.1° and 1.2 mm for the lumbar spine. Therefore, both methods could be useful for evaluating the spinal alignment in standing position.

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