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Olender G, Hurschler C, Fleischer B, Friese KI, Sukau A, Gutberlet M, Becher C. Validation of an anatomical coordinate system for clinical evaluation of the knee joint in upright and closed MRI. Ann Biomed Eng. May 2014;42(5):1133-1142.

Publication Date
May 2014

How Analyze was Used
“The surfaces of the femur, tibia, and patella … were semi-automatically segmented (average segmentation time per MRI scan: UMRI: 47 min, CMRI: 1 h 13 min) using the software tool Analyze 9.0 (AnalyzeDirect, Overland Park, USA) with a two-dimensional region growing algorithm followed by manual refinement.”

Keywords
Upright MRI
Joint Tracking
Segmentation

Author Affiliation(s)
Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials (LBB), Hannover Medical School, Haubergstraße 3, 30625, Hannover, Germany. (GO, CH, BF, AS)

Welfenlab, Institute of Man-Machine-Communication, Leibniz University Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany. (K-IF)

Department for Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. (MG)

Orthopaedic Department, Hannover Medical School, Anna-von-Borries-Str. 1-7, 30625, Hannover, Germany. (CB)

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Tags: Joint Tracking, Segmentation, Upright MRI