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Título: | Automatic modeling of pectus excavatum corrective prosthesis using artificial neural networks |
Autor(es): | Rodrigues, Pedro L. Rodrigues, Nuno F. Pinho, A. C. Marques de Fonseca, Jaime C. Pinto, Jorge Correia Vilaça, João L. |
Palavras-chave: | Pectus excavatum Artificial neural networks Image segmentation Prosthesis 45 modelling Prosthesis modelling |
Data: | 2014 |
Editora: | Elsevier |
Revista: | Medical Engineering & Physics |
Resumo(s): | Pectus excavatum is the most common deformity of the thorax. Pre-operative diagnosis usually includes Computed Tomography (CT) to successfully employ a thoracic prosthesis for anterior chest wall remodeling. Aiming at the elimination of radiation exposure, this paper presents a novel methodology for the replacement of CT by a 3D laser scanner (radiation-free) for prosthesis modeling. The complete elimination of CT is based on an accurate determination of ribs position and prosthesis placement region through skin surface points. The developed solution resorts to a normalized and combined outcome of an artificial neural network (ANN) set. Each ANN model was trained with data vectors from 165 male patients and using soft tissue thicknesses (STT) comprising information from the skin and rib cage (automatically determined by image processing algorithms). Tests revealed that ribs position for prosthesis placement and modeling can be estimated with an average error of 5.0±3.6mm. One also showed that the ANN performance can be improved by introducing a manually determined initial STT value in the ANN normalization procedure (average error of 2.82±0.76mm). Such error range is well below current prosthesis manual modeling (approximately 11mm), which can provide a valuable and radiation-free procedure for prosthesis personalization. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/32918 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.06.020 |
ISSN: | 1350-4533 |
Versão da editora: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350453314001799 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | ICVS - Artigos em revistas internacionais / Papers in international journals |
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