Nikolas J Wilhelm, Claudio E von Schacky, Felix J Lindner, Matthias J Feucht, Yannick Ehmann, Jonas Pogorzelski, Sami Haddadin, Jan Neumann, Florian Hinterwimmer, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Matthias Jung, Maximilian F Russe, Kaywan Izadpanah, Sebastian Siebenlist, Rainer Burgkart, Marco-Christopher Rupp
Osteoarthritis of the knee, a widespread cause of knee disability, is commonly treated in orthopedics due to its rising prevalence. Lower extremity misalignment, pivotal in knee injury etiology and management, necessitates comprehensive mechanical alignment evaluation via frequently-requested weight-bearing long leg radiographs (LLR). Despite LLR's routine use, current analysis techniques are error-prone and time-consuming. To address this, we conducted a multicentric study to develop and validate a deep learning (DL) model for fully automated leg alignment assessment on anterior-posterior LLR, targeting enhanced reliability and efficiency...
April 2024: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine