Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

F Altaf, A Gibson, Z Dannawi, H Noordeen - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Scoliosis is a three dimensional deformity of the spine defined as a lateral curvature of the
spine in the coronal plane of more than 10. 1 It can be categorised into three major types …

Prevalence of scoliosis among primary and middle school students in Mainland China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Zhang, C Guo, M Tang, S Liu, J Li, Q Guo, L Chen… - Spine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis of published prevalence of scoliosis
among primary and middle school students in Mainland China. Objective. To evaluate the …

Using deep transfer learning to detect scoliosis and spondylolisthesis from X-ray images

M Fraiwan, Z Audat, L Fraiwan, T Manasreh - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Recent years have witnessed wider prevalence of vertebral column pathologies due to
lifestyle changes, sedentary behaviors, or injuries. Spondylolisthesis and scoliosis are two of …

A reliability and validity study for Scolioscan: a radiation-free scoliosis assessment system using 3D ultrasound imaging

YP Zheng, TTY Lee, KKL Lai, BHK Yip… - Scoliosis and spinal …, 2016 - Springer
Background Radiographic evaluation for patients with scoliosis using Cobb method is the
current gold standard, but radiography has radiation hazards. Several groups have recently …

Accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw placement for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the pediatric population

JJ Macke, R Woo, L Varich - Journal of robotic surgery, 2016 - Springer
This is a retrospective review of pedicle screw placement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
(AIS) patients under 18 years of age who underwent robot-assisted corrective surgery. Our …

Ultrasound volume projection imaging for assessment of scoliosis

CWJ Cheung, GQ Zhou, SY Law… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The standing radiograph is used as a gold standard to diagnose spinal deformity including
scoliosis, a medical condition defined as lateral spine curvature. However, the health …

The lumbar lordosis in males and females, revisited

O Hay, G Dar, J Abbas, D Stein, H May, Y Masharawi… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Whether differences exist in male and female lumbar lordosis has been
debated by researchers who are divided as to the nature of variations in the spinal curve …

Validation of scolioscan air-portable radiation-free three-dimensional ultrasound imaging assessment system for scoliosis

KKL Lai, TTY Lee, MKS Lee, JCH Hui, YP Zheng - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
To diagnose scoliosis, the standing radiograph with Cobb's method is the gold standard for
clinical practice. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging, which is radiation …

Adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis

E Wong, F Altaf, LJ Oh, RJ Gray - Orthopedics, 2017 - journals.healio.com
Adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis is a 3-dimensional deformity defined as a coronal
deviation of greater than 10°. It causes significant pain and disability in the elderly. With the …

Ultrasound spine image segmentation using multi-scale feature fusion skip-inception U-Net (SIU-Net)

S Banerjee, J Lyu, Z Huang, FHF Leung, T Lee… - Biocybernetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scoliosis is a 3D spinal deformation where the spine takes a lateral curvature, forming an
angle in the coronal plane. Diagnosis of scoliosis requires periodic detection, and frequent …