Long bone panoramas from fluoroscopic X-ray images.
This paper presents a new method for creating a single panoramic image of a long bone from several individual fluoroscopic X-ray images. Panoramic images are useful preoperatively for diagnosis, and intraoperatively for long bone fragment alignment, for making anatomical measurements, and for documenting surgical outcomes. Our method composes individual overlapping images into an undistorted panoramic view that is the equivalent of a single X-ray image with a wide field of view. The correlations between the images are established from the graduations of a radiolucent ruler imaged alongside the long bone. Unlike existing methods, ours uses readily available hardware, requires a simple image acquisition protocol with minimal user input, and works with existing fluoroscopic C-arm units without modifications. It is robust and accurate, producing panoramas whose quality and spatial resolution is comparable to that of the individual images. The method has been successfully tested on in vitro and clinical cases.
Yaniv
Ziv
Z
School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. zivy@cs.huji.ac.il
Joskowicz
Leo
L
D000465:Algorithms; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014584:User-Computer Interface