Fast 3D spine reconstruction of postoperative patients using a multilevel statistical model

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2012;15(Pt 2):446-53. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33418-4_55.

Abstract

Severe cases of spinal deformities such as scoliosis are usually treated by a surgery where instrumentation (hooks, screws and rods) is installed to the spine to correct deformities. Even if the purpose is to obtain a normal spine curve, the result is often straighter than normal. In this paper, we propose a fast statistical reconstruction algorithm based on a general model which can deal with such instrumented spines. To this end, we present the concept of multilevel statistical model where the data are decomposed into a within-group and a between-group component. The reconstruction procedure is formulated as a second-order cone program which can be solved very fast (few tenths of a second). Reconstruction errors were evaluated on real patient data and results showed that multilevel modeling allows better 3D reconstruction than classical models.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Laminectomy*
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Statistical
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Scoliosis / surgery*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spine / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome