Impact of bone and cartilage segmentation from CT and MRI on both bone forearm osteotomy planning.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of MRI scans for pre-operative surgical planning of forearm osteotomies provides additional information of joint cartilage and soft tissue structures and reduces radiation exposure in comparison with the use of CT scans. In this study, we investigated whether using 3D information obtained from MRI with and without cartilage information leads to a different outcome of pre-operative planning.

Methods

Bilateral CT and MRI scans of the forearms of 10 adolescent and young adult patients with a unilateral bone deformation were acquired in a prospective study. The bones were segmented from CT and MRI, and cartilage only from MRI. The deformed bones were virtually reconstructed, by registering the joint ends to the healthy contralateral side. An optimal osteotom

SUBMITTER: Kuiper RJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature