Abstract
An instrument that objectively quantifies a condition’s severity and its improvement after treatment is of great use. This is also the case for pectus excavatum (PE), a congenital chest wall deformity, for which several severity indices have been introduced. This work describes a system that utilizes chest surface scans generated from CT-data or optical scanning to provide a gauge and visualization of chest wall deviations. A validation experiment is conducted to evaluate the fidelity of such an instrument utilizing pre- and postoperative CT scans. Statistical analysis shows the ability of the instrument to accurately recognize changes in the chest surface profile.
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Zeng, Q. et al. (2016). Utilizing Pre- and Postoperative CT to Validate an Instrument for Quantifying Pectus Excavatum Severity. In: Zhang, L., Song, X., Wu, Y. (eds) Theory, Methodology, Tools and Applications for Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems. AsiaSim SCS AutumnSim 2016 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 645. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2669-0_48
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