用点候选+鲁棒拟合,自动测骨骼角度更准更稳
A New Angle on Bones: Robust Pose Estimation in X-Ray and Ultrasound

- 先生成点候选,再用鲁棒线模型拟合骨轴
- 三种临床任务平均误差低于5.5度,优于传统方法
- 适合医学影像中骨骼角度自动化分析场景
测量骨骼结构间的夹角是医学影像分析中的常规任务,对诊断和治疗规划具有关键定量意义。本文提出一种基于学习的点候选生成与线模型结合的方法,用于自动估计骨骼姿态。针对传统最小二乘法对异常值敏感的问题,引入误报剔除策略及鲁棒拟合技术(如RANSAC、霍夫变换),提升稳定性。在三个儿科临床任务上评估:放射影像与超声下的骨折碎片角度评估,以及超声下髋发育不良的Graf法评估。结果表明,平均误差分别为4.1°、5.4°和5.51°,不仅处于临床观察者变异范围内,且显著优于基于特征点的方法。代码与放射影像骨折角度标注数据已开源。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Measuring the angle between bone structures is a routine task in medical image analysis and provides a key quantitative parameter for diagnosis and treatment planning. Automated methods can reduce time and cost while improving reproducibility. In this work, we address automatic bone pose estimation using a learning-based point candidate proposal followed by a line model to extract axis parameters. Since conventional line models such as least squares are sensitive to outliers, we incorporate false-positive reduction strategies and robust fitting techniques, such as RANSAC and Hough transforms, to improve robustness. We evaluate our method on three clinically relevant paediatric angle estimation tasks: fracture fragment assessment in radiographs and ultrasound and developmental dysplasia of the hip evaluation in ultrasound using the Graf method. Our approach achieves mean errors of $4.1^\circ$, $5.4^\circ$, and $5.51^\circ$, respectively, not only remaining within the expected clinical observer variability, but also significantly outperforming landmark-based methods. Our code and annotations for fracture angle assessment in radiographs are publicly available on GitHub.
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