Postural deformities are frequent and disabling complications of Parkinson's disease (PD)
and atypical parkinsonism. These deformities include camptocormia, antecollis, Pisa …

Scoliosis is a common disease of the spine and requires regular monitoring due to its
progressive properties. A preferred indicator to assess scoliosis is by the Cobb angle, which …

Lumbar lordosis is a key postural component that has interested both clinicians and
researchers for many years. Despite its wide use in assessing postural abnormalities, there …

Purpose We present an automated method for extracting anatomical parameters from
biplanar radiographs of the spine, which is able to deal with a wide scenario of conditions …

Background Radiographic evaluation for patients with scoliosis using Cobb method is the
current gold standard, but radiography has radiation hazards. Several groups have recently …

Abstract Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) exhibits as an abnormal curvature of the spine
in teens. Conventional radiographic assessment of scoliosis is unreliable due to the need for …

Automated quantitative estimation of spinal curvature is an important task for the ongoing
evaluation and treatment planning of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). It solves the …

Accurate automated quantitative Cobb angle estimation that quantitatively evaluates
scoliosis plays an important role in scoliosis diagnosis and treatment. It solves the problem …

Objective. to verify the validity and reproducibility of using the flexicurve to measure the
angles of the thoracic and lumbar curvatures. Method. 47 subjects were evaluated by:(1) …

The accuracy of the Cobb measurement is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of
scoliosis. Manual measurement is however influenced by the observer variability hence …