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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Rigid body registration of 3D CT scans, based on manual identification of homologous landmarks, is useful for the visual analysis of skull dysmorphology. In this paper, a robust and simple alignment method was proposed to allow for the comparison of skull morphologies, within and between individuals with craniofacial anomalies, based on 3D CT scans, and the minimum number of anatomical landmarks, under rigidity and uniqueness constraints. Three perpendicular axes, extracted from anatomical landmarks, define the absolute coordinate system, through a rigid body transformation, to align multiple CT images for different patients and acquisition times. The accuracy of the alignment method depends on the accuracy of the localized landmarks and target points. The numerical simulation generalizes the accuracy requirements of the alignment method. Experiments using a human dried skull specimen, and ten sets of skull CT images (the pre- and post-operative CT scans of four plagiocephaly, and one fibrous dysplasia patients), demonstrated the feasibility of the technique in clinical practice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0031-9155
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2681-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Imaging, Three-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Quality Control, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Radiographic Image Enhancement, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Skull, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Subtraction Technique, pubmed-meshheading:12974582-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Alignment of CT images of skull dysmorphology using anatomy-based perpendicular axes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Engineering, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sgm625@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies, Validation Studies