Monitoring Improvement in Infantile Cerebral Palsy Patients Using the 4DBODY System-A Preliminary Study.

Monitoring the patient's condition during rehabilitation is the key to success in this form of treatment. This is especially important in patients with infantile cerebral palsy (ICP). Objective assessment can be achieved through modern optical measurement techniques.

Decreased Vertical Trunk Inclination Angle and Pelvic Inclination as the Result of Mid-High-Heeled Footwear on Static Posture Parameters in Asymptomatic Young Adult Women.

The influence of high-heel footwear on the lumbar lordosis angle, anterior pelvic tilt, and sacral tilt are inconsistently described in the literature. This study aimed to investigate the impact of medium-height heeled footwear on the static posture parameters of homogeneous young adult standing women. Heel geometry, data acquisition process, as well as data analysis and parameter extraction stage, were controlled.

Monitoring of spine curvatures and posture during pregnancy using surface topography - case study and suggestion of method.

Background: Low back and pelvic pain is one of the most frequently reported disorders in pregnancy, however etiology and pathology of this problem have not been fully determined. The relationship between back pain experienced during pregnancy and posture remains unclear. It is challenging to measure reliably postural and spinal changes at the time of pregnancy, since most imaging studies cannot be used due to the radiation burden.

Application of multi-resolution 3D techniques in crime scene documentation with bloodstain pattern analysis.

In forensic documentation with bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) it is highly desirable to obtain non-invasively overall documentation of a crime scene, but also register in high resolution single evidence objects, like bloodstains. In this study, we propose a hierarchical 3D scanning platform designed according to the top-down approach known from the traditional forensic photography. The overall 3D model of a scene is obtained via integration of laser scans registered from different positions.

Posture and low back pain during pregnancy - 3D study.

Objectives: Back pain is a common complaint of pregnant women. The posture, curvatures of the spine and the center of gravity changes are considered as the mechanisms leading to pain. The study aimed to assess spinal curvatures and static postural characteristics with three-dimensional surface topography and search for relationships with the occurrence of back pain complaints among pregnant women.

The time effectiveness of three-dimensional telediagnostic postural screening of back curvatures and scoliosis.

Background: Postural screening remains a powerful tool that can be used to identify children and adolescents with scoliosis or sagittal plane deformities. The aim of this study was to assess the time effectiveness of implemented telediagnostic screening procedures.

Materials And Methods: Medical images (virtual objects) of acquired clouds of points of 100 subjects of both sexes were chosen at random from the database and used for parametric evaluation for this study.

Telediagnostic 3D school screening of back curvatures and posture using structured light method - pilot study.

Background: Several studies consider the school scoliosis screening as controversial. Many authors postulate to improve its clinical effectiveness.

Aim: Authors assumed that three dimensional telediagnostic surface topography measurements allowing measuring several postural deformity indexes and angles of curvatures in sagittal plane may enhance current practice.

Automatic recognition of surface landmarks of anatomical structures of back and posture.

Faulty postures, scoliosis and sagittal plane deformities should be detected as early as possible to apply preventive and treatment measures against major clinical consequences. To support documentation of the severity of deformity and diminish x-ray exposures, several solutions utilizing analysis of back surface topography data were introduced. A novel approach to automatic recognition and localization of anatomical landmarks of the human back is presented that may provide more repeatable results and speed up the whole procedure.