title: ScolioMedIS: web-oriented information system for idiopathic scoliosis visualization and monitoring.
abstract: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of abnormal curvature observed in spine and it progresses rapidly during the puberty period. The most followed clinical way of assessing the spinal deformity is subjective by measuring the characteristic angles of spinal curve from a set of radiographic images. This paper presents a web-based information system (called ScolioMedIS) based on parameterized 3D anatomical models of the spine to quantitatively assess the deformity and to minimize the amount of radiation exposure by reducing the number of radiographs required. The main components of the system are 3D parametric solid model of spine, back surfaces, relevant clinical information and scoliosis ontology. The patient-specific spine model is regenerated from the parametric model and surface data using anatomical information extracted from radiographic images. The system is designed to take inherent advantage of Web for facilitating multi-center data collection and collaborative clinical decisions. The preliminary analysis of patient data showed promising results, which involve improved documentation standard, clinical decision knowledge base record, facilitated exchange and retrieval of medical data between institutions in multi-center clinical studies, 3D visualization of spinal deformity, and permanent monitoring of treatments.
authors.affiliation: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, Kragujevac, Serbia. devedzic@kg.ac.rs
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Devedžić
authors.forename: Saša
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cuković
authors.forename: Vanja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Luković
authors.forename: Danijela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milošević
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Subburaj
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Luković
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology