Segmentation of the Knee for Analysis of Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis changes the load distribution within joints and also changes bone density and structure. Within typical timelines of clinical studies these changes can be very small. Therefore precise definition of evaluation regions which are highly robust and show little to no interand intra-operator variance are essential for high quality quantitative analysis. To achieve this goal we have developed a system for the definition of such regions with minimal user input.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: BILDMED
• Authors: Peter Zerfass, Oleg Museyko, Valérie Bousson, Jean Denis Laredo, Willi A. Kalender, Klaus Engelke
• Keywords: BILDMED 2007, BILDMED 2009, Changes Bone Density, Interand Intra-operator Variance, Minimal User Input