Measuring Femoral Torsion In Vivo Using Freehand 3-D Ultrasound Imaging

E Passmore; MG Pandy; HK Graham; M Sangeux

Journal article

Measuring Femoral Torsion In Vivo Using Freehand 3-D Ultrasound Imaging

E Passmore, MG Pandy, HK Graham, M Sangeux

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.10.014

Abstract

Despite variation in bone geometry, muscle and joint function is often investigated using generic musculoskeletal models. Patient-specific bone geometry can be obtained from computerised tomography, which involves ionising radiation, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is costly and time consuming. Freehand 3-D ultrasound provides an alternative to obtain bony geometry. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy and repeatability of 3-D ultrasound in measuring femoral torsion. Measurements of femoral torsion were performed on 10 healthy adults using MRI and 3-D ultrasound. Measurements of femoral torsion from 3-D ultrasound were, on average, smaller than those from MRI (m..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Elyse Passmore Author

Marcus Pandy Author

Herbert Graham Author

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a grant from the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Partial funding from an Innovation Fellowship from the Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation to M.G.P. is also gratefully acknowledged. The sponsors had no involvement in the study design, the collection, analysis or interpretation of data, writing or the decision to submit the article.