PLUS: open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems

A Lasso, T Heffter, A Rankin, C Pinter… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A variety of advanced image analysis methods have been under the development for
ultrasound-guided interventions. Unfortunately, the transition from an image analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Suppl-9, M5: Imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of children with idiopathic scoliosis

SY Ng, J Bettany-Saltikov - The open orthopaedics journal, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The paper reviews the current imaging methods in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients
with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Radiography is generally used in the initial diagnosis of …

A reliability and validity study for Scolioscan: a radiation-free scoliosis assessment system using 3D ultrasound imaging

YP Zheng, TTY Lee, KKL Lai, BHK Yip… - Scoliosis and spinal …, 2016 - Springer
Background Radiographic evaluation for patients with scoliosis using Cobb method is the
current gold standard, but radiography has radiation hazards. Several groups have recently …

Global research trends in spinal ultrasound: a systematic bibliometric analysis

X Zhai, J Cui, J Shao, Q Wang, X Chen, X Wei… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background In recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of ultrasound
technology in the evaluation of spinal and paraspinal regions. Objective This study aimed to …

Ultrasound volume projection imaging for assessment of scoliosis

CWJ Cheung, GQ Zhou, SY Law… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The standing radiograph is used as a gold standard to diagnose spinal deformity including
scoliosis, a medical condition defined as lateral spine curvature. However, the health …

Automatic 3-D imaging and measurement of human spines with a robotic ultrasound system

C Yang, M Jiang, M Chen, M Fu, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Comparing with X-ray, ultrasound imaging has the advantages of no radiation and easy
operation, etc., which is expected to be an effective alternative in clinical assessment for the …

Cumulative radiation exposure with EOS imaging compared with standard spine radiographs

TD Luo, AA Stans, BA Schueler, AN Larson - Spine deformity, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Design Retrospective comparative study. Objectives This study sought to
estimate the total radiation exposure to scoliosis patients during the entire treatment course …

Automatic spine ultrasound segmentation for scoliosis visualization and measurement

T Ungi, H Greer, KR Sunderland, V Wu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Integrate tracked ultrasound and AI methods to provide a safer and more
accessible alternative to X-ray for scoliosis measurement. We propose automatic ultrasound …

Validation of scolioscan air-portable radiation-free three-dimensional ultrasound imaging assessment system for scoliosis

KKL Lai, TTY Lee, MKS Lee, JCH Hui, YP Zheng - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
To diagnose scoliosis, the standing radiograph with Cobb's method is the gold standard for
clinical practice. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging, which is radiation …

Automatic measurement of spine curvature on 3-D ultrasound volume projection image with phase features

GQ Zhou, WW Jiang, KL Lai… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an automated measurement of spine curvature by using prior
knowledge on vertebral anatomical structures in ultrasound volume projection imaging …