Visualization of a newborn's hip joint using 3D ultrasound and automatic image processing

Heinrich Martin Overhoff; Djordje Lazovic; Ute von Jan

doi:10.1117/12.348537

21 May 1999 Visualization of a newborn's hip joint using 3D ultrasound and automatic image processing

Heinrich Martin Overhoff, Djordje Lazovic, Ute von Jan

Proceedings Volume 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348537
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Graf's method is a successful procedure for the diagnostic screening of developmental dysplasia of the hip. In a defined 2-D ultrasound (US) scan, which virtually cuts the hip joint, landmarks are interactively identified to derive congruence indicators. As the indicators do not reflect the spatial joint structure, and the femoral head is not clearly visible in the US scan, here 3-D US is used to gain insight to the hip joint in its spatial form. Hip joints of newborns were free-hand scanned using a conventional ultrasound transducer and a localizer system fixed on the scanhead. To overcome examiner- dependent findings the landmarks were detected by automatic segmentation of the image volume. The landmark image volumes and an automatically determined virtual sphere approximating the femoral head were visualized color-coded on a computer screen. The visualization was found to be intuitive and to simplify the diagnostic substantially. By the visualization of the 3-D relations between acetabulum and femoral head the reliability of diagnostics is improved by finding the entire joint geometry.

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Heinrich Martin Overhoff, Djordje Lazovic, and Ute von Jan "Visualization of a newborn's hip joint using 3D ultrasound and automatic image processing", Proc. SPIE 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing, (21 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348537

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