Spinal analysis using a three-dimensional radiographic technique

Brown, Richard H.; Burstein, Albert H.; Nash, Clyde L.; Schock, Charles C.

Affiliations

¹Biomechanics Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. OH 44106. U.S.A.

²Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Abstract

This paper presents an in vivo clinical method for describing the three-dimensional configuration of spinal segments. The technique is based upon the characterization of each vertebral segment by four points in three-dimensional space using bi-plane roentgenography and subsequent analysis by computer aided descriptive geometry techniques.

Tests were conducted to determine the system's accuracy and repeatability. The results of these tests using both a calibrated mechanical model of the spine and actual in vivo spine evaluations are presented.

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(76)90113-5

PubMed: 932049

WoS: A1976BV06800001

History

Received: 1975-12-1

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