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Extraction of high resolution bone surface topology from micro-CT for identification for identification of osseous landmarks
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Norman, D. G. and Williams, M. A. (2012) Extraction of high resolution bone surface topology from micro-CT for identification for identification of osseous landmarks. In: British Conference of Undergraduate Research 2012, Coventry, 19-20 Mar 2012 (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction surgery the sixth most common orthopaedic surgery in the USA and as a result has become the most studied musculoskeletal system1. Despite this, full recovery after surgery is unsatisfactory with only ≈70% of patients regaining full knee mobility2. Attempting to solve this, clinicians have investigated surgical methods that reconstruct the knees original anatomy after rupture3. However, to accomplish this physicians need determine where to attach the newly grafted ligament to the Lateral Intercondylar wall - this location is called the ACL footprint. The approach is obviously to place the new ligament in the same location as the old one however this can be identified after a ACL rupture and so other landmarks are needed. According to Wolffs Law there should be thickening (and so supposed ridge) around the original ligament attachment4. These ridges, when visible are often used to place the ligament anatomically. However, these ridges, the lateral intercondylar ridge and lateral bifurcate ridge are often not visible and controversy over their actual existence has sparked1. The aim of this project was to use micro-CT to investigate the existence of these ridges to a degree of resolution not explored yet in the literature and validate, or otherwise their existence. To ensure objectivity the surface topology was extracted at a high resolution and then used to create relief maps along with other visual methods.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Poster) | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QM Human anatomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) |
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Official Date: | 11 January 2012 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Poster | ||||
Title of Event: | British Conference of Undergraduate Research 2012 | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Coventry | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 19-20 Mar 2012 |
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