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Computer system for definition of the quantitative geometry of musculature from CT images
Matej Daniel1, Ales Iglic, Veronika Kralj-Iglic
1Laboratory of Applied Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. matej.daniel@tuke.sk
Abstract:
The computer system for quantitative determination of musculoskeletal geometry from computer tomography (CT) images has been developed. The computer system processes series of CT images to obtain three-dimensional (3D) model of bony structures where the effective muscle fibres can be interactively defined. Presented computer system has flexible modular structure and is suitable also for educational purposes.
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