A review of the methods on cobb angle measurements for spinal curvature

C Jin, S Wang, G Yang, E Li, Z Liang - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Scoliosis is a common disease of the spine and requires regular monitoring due to its
progressive properties. A preferred indicator to assess scoliosis is by the Cobb angle, which …

Early stage detection of scoliosis using machine learning algorithms

P Shrestha, A Singh, R Garg, I Sarraf… - … , Analytics, Big Data …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scoliosis is the most common disease which is mainly identified from patient spine X-ray
images. It is mainly diagnosed based on sideways curvature image modality. In scoliosis …

Joint spine segmentation and noise removal from ultrasound volume projection images with selective feature sharing

Z Huang, R Zhao, FHF Leung… - … on Medical Imaging, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Volume Projection Imaging from ultrasound data is a promising technique to visualize spine
features and diagnose Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. In this paper, we present a novel …

Satr: A structure-affinity attention-based transformer encoder for spine segmentation

H Xie, Z Huang, FHF Leung, NF Law… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In digital histopathology, spine segmentation on ultrasound images plays a vital role,
especially as a pre-processing filter to measure spine deformity and diagnose scoliosis …

[HTML][HTML] Light-convolution Dense selection U-net (LDS U-net) for ultrasound lateral bony feature segmentation

S Banerjee, J Lyu, Z Huang, HFF Leung, TTY Lee… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Scoliosis is a widespread medical condition where the spine becomes severely deformed
and bends over time. It mostly affects young adults and may have a permanent impact on …

Knee bone models from ultrasound

B Hohlmann, P Broessner, L Phlippen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of total knee arthroplasties performed worldwide is on the rise. Patient-specific
planning and implants may improve surgical outcomes but require 3-D models of the bones …

Automatic Assessment of Ultrasound Curvature Angle for Scoliosis Detection Using 3-D Ultrasound Volume Projection Imaging

S Banerjee, Z Huang, J Lyu, FHF Leung, T Lee… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Scoliosis is a spinal deformation in which the spine takes a lateral curvature,
generating an angle in the coronal plane. The conventional method for detecting scoliosis is …

Semi-automatic ultrasound curve angle measurement for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

D Yang, TTY Lee, KKL Lai, TP Lam, WCW Chu… - Spine deformity, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Using X-ray to evaluate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) conditions is the
clinical gold standard, with potential radiation hazards. 3D ultrasound has demonstrated its …

A Structure-Affinity Dual Attention-based Network to Segment Spine for Scoliosis Assessment

H Xie, Z Huang, FHF Leung, Y Ju… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound volume projection imaging has shown great promise to visualize spine features
and diagnose scoliosis thanks to its harmlessness, cheapness, and efficiency. The key to …

DA-GAN: learning structured noise removal in ultrasound volume projection imaging for enhanced spine segmentation

Z Huang, R Zhao, FHF Leung, KM Lam… - 2021 IEEE 18th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound volume projection imaging (VPI) has shown to be appealing from a clinical
perspective, because of its harmlessness, flexibility, and efficiency in scoliosis assessment …