OBJECTIVE We described and validated a quantitative anatomical labeling protocol for extracting clinically relevant quantitative parameters for ventral hernias (VH) from routine computed tomography (CT) scans. This information was then used to predict the need for mesh bridge closure during ventral hernia repair (VHR). METHODS A detailed anatomical labeling protocol was proposed to enable qua...

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common causes of blindness. Thus, a growing demand on automatic screening has risen. Among the anatomical parts, thick vessels can be observed most reliably in fundus images. Especially, the localization of the temporal arcade is highly important to detect other anatomical parts. State-of-art detectors locate the arcade by fitting semi-ellipses or parabol...

Background: The valgus cut angle (VCA) of the distal femur in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is measured preoperativelyon three-joint alignment radiographs. The anatomical axis of the femur can be described as the anatomical axis of thefull length of the femur or as the anatomical axis of the distal half of the femur, which may result in different anglesin some cases. During TKA, the anatomical ...

Front cover: Cover image: Head musculoskeletal modules of opossum (left), mouse (middle), and human (right). Related to the original article ‘Anatomical comparison across heads, fore- hindlimbs in mammals using network models’ by Ziermann et al., this issue.

 Abstract Introduction: external nasal walls are  an important factor  in the drainage or obstruction of the ostiomeatal complex, therfor  anatomical variations in the nasal cavity can elevate the risk of pathological sinus conditions. The aim of this study is to evaluate anatomical variations of paranasal sinuses and nasal cavities using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Materials and ...

We study the effect of tissue anisotropy in optical tomography of neonates. A Monte Carlo method capable of modeling photon migration in an arbitrary 3D tissue model with spatially varying optical properties and tissue anisotropy is used for simulating measurements of neonates. Anatomical and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of neonates are used for creating the anatomical models. We...

AnatomyLab is an e-learning computer application. It helps students to study and become familiar with human anatomy by interacting with anatomical 3-Dimensional models, which represent subsystems in the human body. A new multilingual wikipedia lookup technique displays online information related to body parts or body sections in the language of the user choices. By adding custom contents, lectu...

This paper deals with the application of feature lines on patient-specific anatomical surfaces used for treatment planning. We introduce the most commonly used feature line methods and evaluate them qualitatively. The evaluation is conducted by physicians and medical researchers to assess shape interpretation and visual impression of these methods compared to surface shading. We utilize several...

We present a graphical user interface which facilitates the definition of anatomical boundaries and landmarks for automated model-based segmentation and analysis using 3D Active Shape Models (ASMs). ASMs provide a statistically-based approach to automatic segmentation which is completely general in terms of both imaging modalities and the anatomical objects of interest. Further, the ASM guarant...