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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
A computed tomography based orthopedic surgery planning solution
João Ribeiro & Victor Alves
Department of Informatics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ABSTRACT: The advances in medical imaging technologies and computer science have enabled the
development of computer-assisted planning systems to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the inter-
ventions. To ensure the surgery success, the surgeon needs to be able to carefully analyze the patient’s con-
dition. Each patient is a specific case and different from any other. This is not always easy to accomplish.
In this paper, we present a 3D-based ...