An Online Platform for Automatic Skull Defect Restoration and Cranial Implant Design

Jianning Li, Antonio Pepe, Christina Schwarz-Gsaxner, Jan Egger

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Abstract

We introduce a fully automatic system for cranial implant design, a common task in cranioplasty operations. The system is currently integrated in Studierfenster (http://studierfenster.tugraz.at/), an online, cloud-based medical image processing platform for medical imaging applications. Enhanced by deep learning algorithms, the system automatically restores the missing part of a skull (i.e., skull shape completion) and generates the desired implant by subtracting the defective skull from the completed skull. The generated implant can be downloaded in the STereoLithography (.stl) format directly via the browser interface of the system. The implant model can then be sent to a 3D printer for in loco implant manufacturing. Furthermore, thanks to the standard format, the user can thereafter load the model into another application for post-processing whenever necessary. Such an automatic cranial implant design system can be integrated into the clinical practice to improve the current routine for surgeries related to skull defect repair (e.g., cranioplasty). Our system, although currently intended for educational and research use only, can be seen as an application of additive manufacturing for fast, patient-specific implant design.

Originalspracheenglisch
TitelMedical Imaging 2021
UntertitelImage-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling
Redakteure/-innenCristian A. Linte, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen
Band11598
ISBN (elektronisch)9781510640252
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2021
VeranstaltungSPIE Medical Imaging Conference 2021 - Virtuell, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 14 Feb. 202118 Feb. 2021

Publikationsreihe

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Band11598
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Konferenz

KonferenzSPIE Medical Imaging Conference 2021
Land/GebietUSA / Vereinigte Staaten
OrtVirtuell
Zeitraum14/02/2118/02/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Elektronische, optische und magnetische Materialien
  • Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik
  • Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Bildgebung
  • Biomaterialien

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