Portable optically tracked ultrasound system for scoliosis measurement

Guillermo Carbajal; Álvaro Gómez; Gabor Fichtinger; Tamas Ungi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14148-0-4

Portable optically tracked ultrasound system for scoliosis measurement

Guillermo Carbajal, Álvaro Gómez, Gabor Fichtinger, Tamas Ungi

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Abstract

Monitoring spinal curvature in adolescent kyphoscoliosis requires regular radiographic examinations; however, the applied ionizing radiation increases the risk of cancer. Ultrasound imaging is favorable over X-ray because it does not emit ionizing radiation. It has been shown in the past that tracked ultrasound can be used to localize vertebral transverse processes as landmarks along the spine to measure curvature angles. Tests have been performed with spine phantoms, but scanning protocol, tracking system, data acquisition and processing time has not been considered in human subjects yet. In this paper, a portable optically tracked ultrasound system for scoliosis measurement is presented. It provides a simple way to acquire data in the clinical environment with the aim of comparing results to current X-ray-based measurement. The workflow of the procedure was tested on volunteers. The customized open-source software is shared with the community as part of our effort to make a clinically practical system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging
Publisher	Newswood Limited
Pages	37-46
Number of pages	10
Volume	20
ISBN (Print)	9783319141473
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14148-0-4
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd Workshop on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging, CSI 2014 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014 - Boston, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 14 2014

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Other	2nd Workshop on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging, CSI 2014 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	9/14/14 → 9/14/14

Keywords

Adolescent idiopathic kyphoscoliosis
Kyphosis
Scoliosis
Tracked sonography
Tracked ultrasound snapshot

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Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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Carbajal, G, Gómez, Á, Fichtinger, G & Ungi, T 2015, Portable optically tracked ultrasound system for scoliosis measurement. in Recent Advances in Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging. vol. 20, Newswood Limited, pp. 37-46, 2nd Workshop on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging, CSI 2014 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014, Boston, United States, 9/14/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14148-0-4

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