Femur shaft fractures are caused by high impact injuries and can affect gait functionality if not treated correctly. Until
recently, the pre-operative planning for femur fractures has relied on two-dimensional (2D) radiographs, light boxes,
tracing paper, and transparent bone templates. The recent availability of digital radiographic equipment has to some
extent improved the workflow for preoperative planning. Nevertheless, imaging is still in 2D X-rays and
planning/simulation tools to support fragment manipulation and implant selection are still not available. Direct three-dimensional
(3D) imaging modalities such as Computed Tomography (CT) are also still restricted to a minority of
complex orthopedic procedures.
This paper proposes a software tool which allows orthopedic surgeons to visualize, diagnose, plan and simulate femur
shaft fracture reduction procedures in 3D. The tool utilizes frontal and lateral 2D radiographs to model the fracture
surface, separate a generic bone into the two fractured fragments, identify the pose of each fragment, and automatically
customize the shape of the bone. The use of 3D imaging allows full spatial inspection of the fracture providing different
views through the manipulation of the interactively reconstructed 3D model, and ultimately better pre-operative
planning.
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