A Noninvasive 3D Body Scanner and Software Tool towards Analysis of Scoliosis

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Examples of typical body contour shapes extracted from the CT scan images. (a) Body contour showing a symmetric shape, associated with a mild spinal deviation. (b) Example of a contour shape associated with a moderate deviation and (c) example case associated with a strong deviation. The upper panels show distinct vertebral positions on the transverse CT view of the images. The lower panels show the corresponding contour lines with the characteristic dips extracted with the developed software. Insets of upper panels show 2D “CT to X-ray” views of CT scanned images.

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