title: A fast method for finding range of motion in the human joints.
abstract: Finding the range of motion for the human joints is a popular method for diagnosing joint diseases. By current technology, it is more trustable and easier to find the range of motion by employing computer based models of the human tissues. In this paper we propose a novel method for finding range of motion for human joints without using any collision detection algorithm. This method is based on mesh classifying in a cylindrically segmented space. The method shows to be much faster than the traditional ones and provides the accurate results. This method is illustrated on the case of finding the range of motion in the human hip joint.
authors.affiliation: Virtual Reality Lab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. ehsan.arbabi@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arbabi
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boulic
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thalmann
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity