Generation of Patient-Specific, Ligamentoskeletal, Finite Element Meshes for Scoliosis Correction Planning

Austin Tapp*, Christian Payer, Jérôme Schmid, Michael Polanco, Isaac Kumi, Sebastian Bawab, Stacie Ringleb, Carl St. Remy, James Bennett, Rumit Singh Kakar, Michel Audette

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Finite element (FE) biomechanical studies for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treatments will greatly benefit from utilizing true-scale, patient-specific anatomy that accurately characterizes all tissue properties. This study presents a method to automatically generate patient-specific, FE meshes containing volumetric soft tissues, such as ligaments and cartilage, that are inconspicuous in computed tomography (CT) imaging of AIS patients. Convolutional neural network (CNN) derived vertebrae segmentations, obtained from CT scans, provide a foundation for subsequent elastic deformations of ligamentoskeletal, computer-aided designed (CAD) surface meshes, to ascertain patient-specific anatomy, including soft tissue structures. Patient-specific, ligamentoskeletal meshes are then tetrahedralized for use in FE studies. Dice similarity coefficients of 90% and submillimeter Hausdorff distances demonstrate vertebrae and intervertebral disc fitting accuracy of the automatic methodology. In severe AIS cases, when CNN segmentations fail due to overfitting, a semi-automatic step augments the automatic method. The generated FE meshes can provide the basis for biomechanical simulations seeking to correct AIS through bracing, minimally invasive operations, or patient-specific, surgical procedures, like posterior spinal fusion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationClinical Image-Based Procedures, Distributed and Collaborative Learning, Artificial Intelligence for Combating COVID-19 and Secure and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning - 10th Workshop, CLIP 2021, Second Workshop, DCL 2021, First Workshop, LL-COVID19 2021, and First Workshop and Tutorial, PPML 2021, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2021, Proceedings
EditorsCristina Oyarzun Laura, M. Jorge Cardoso, Michal Rosen-Zvi, Georgios Kaissis, Marius George Linguraru, Raj Shekhar, Stefan Wesarg, Marius Erdt, Klaus Drechsler, Yufei Chen, Shadi Albarqouni, Spyridon Bakas, Bennett Landman, Nicola Rieke, Holger Roth, Xiaoxiao Li, Daguang Xu, Maria Gabrani, Ender Konukoglu, Michal Guindy, Daniel Rueckert, Alexander Ziller, Dmitrii Usynin, Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach, Cristina Oyarzun Laura, M. Jorge Cardoso, Michal Rosen-Zvi, Georgios Kaissis, Marius George Linguraru, Raj Shekhar, Stefan Wesarg, Marius Erdt, Klaus Drechsler, Yufei Chen, Shadi Albarqouni, Spyridon Bakas, Bennett Landman, Nicola Rieke, Holger Roth, Xiaoxiao Li, Daguang Xu, Maria Gabrani, Ender Konukoglu, Michal Guindy, Daniel Rueckert, Alexander Ziller, Dmitrii Usynin, Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages13-23
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030908737
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event10th International Workshop on Clinical Image-Based Procedures, CLIP 2021, 2nd MICCAI Workshop on Distributed and Collaborative Learning, DCL 2021, 1st MICCAI Workshop, LL-COVID19, 1st Secure and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Workshop and Tutorial, PPML 2021, held in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 27 Sept 20211 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12969 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Workshop on Clinical Image-Based Procedures, CLIP 2021, 2nd MICCAI Workshop on Distributed and Collaborative Learning, DCL 2021, 1st MICCAI Workshop, LL-COVID19, 1st Secure and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Workshop and Tutorial, PPML 2021, held in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period27/09/211/10/21

Keywords

  • Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
  • Enhanced CT visualization
  • Finite elements
  • Ligamentous meshing
  • Patient-specific
  • Pre-surgical planning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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