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International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

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01-04-2015 | Review Article

Acetabular cartilage segmentation in CT arthrography based on a bone-normalized probabilistic atlas

Authors: Pooneh R. Tabrizi, Reza A. Zoroofi, Futoshi Yokota, Satoru Tamura, Takashi Nishii, Yoshinobu Sato

Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

Purpose

Determination of acetabular cartilage loss in the hip joint is a clinically significant metric that requires image segmentation. A new semiautomatic method to segment acetabular cartilage in computed tomography (CT) arthrography scans was developed and tested.

Methods

A semiautomatic segmentation method was developed based on the combination of anatomical and statistical information. Anatomical information is identified using the pelvic bone position and the contact area between cartilage and bone. Statistical information is acquired from CT intensity modeling of acetabular cartilage and adjacent tissue structures. This method was applied to the identification of acetabular cartilages in 37 intra-articular CT arthrography scans.

Results

The semiautomatic anatomical–statistical method performed better than other segmentation methods. The semiautomatic method was effective in noisy scans and was able to detect damaged cartilage.

Conclusions

The new semiautomatic method segments acetabular cartilage by fully utilizing the statistical and anatomical information in CT arthrography datasets. This method for hip joint cartilage segmentation has potential for use in many clinical applications.

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Title: Acetabular cartilage segmentation in CT arthrography based on a bone-normalized probabilistic atlas
Authors: Pooneh R. Tabrizi
Reza A. Zoroofi
Futoshi Yokota
Satoru Tamura
Takashi Nishii
Yoshinobu Sato
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1861-6410
Electronic ISSN: 1861-6429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-014-1101-1

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