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The quality of bone surfaces may govern the use of model based fluoroscopy in the determination of joint laxity

The quality of bone surfaces may govern the use of model based fluoroscopy in the determination of joint laxity
The quality of bone surfaces may govern the use of model based fluoroscopy in the determination of joint laxity
The assessment of knee joint laxity is clinically important but its quantification remains elusive. Calibrated, low dosage fluoroscopy, combined with registered surfaces and controlled external loading may offer possible solutions for quantifying relative tibio-femoral motion without soft tissue artefact, even in native joints. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of registration using CT and MRI derived 3D bone models, as well as metallic implants, to 2D single-plane fluoroscopic datasets, to assess their suitability for examining knee joint laxity. Four cadaveric knees and one knee implant were positioned using a micromanipulator. After fluoroscopy, the accuracy of registering each surface to the 2D fluoroscopic images was determined by comparison against known translations from the micromanipulator measurements. Dynamic measurements were also performed to assess the relative tibio-femoral error. For CT and MRI derived 3D femur and tibia models during static testing, the in-plane error was 0.4 mm and 0.9 mm, and out-of-plane error 2.6 mm and 9.3 mm respectively. For metallic implants, the in-plane error was 0.2 mm and out-of-plane error 1.5 mm. The relative tibio-femoral error during dynamic measurements was 0.9 mm, 1.2 mm and 0.7 mm in-plane, and 3.9 mm, 10.4 mm and 2.5 mm out-of-plane for CT and MRI based models and metallic implants respectively. The rotational errors ranged from 0.5° to 1.9° for CT, 0.5–4.3° for MRI and 0.1–0.8° for metallic implants. The results of this study indicate that single-plane fluoroscopic analysis can provide accurate information in the investigation of knee joint laxity, but should be limited to static or quasi-static evaluations when assessing native bones, where possible. With this knowledge of registration accuracy, targeted approaches for the determination of tibio-femoral laxity could now determine objective in vivo measures for the identification of ligament reconstruction candidates as well as improve our understanding of the consequences of knee joint instability in TKA.
knee, fluoroscopy, laxity, ct, mri, model registration
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Moewis, P.
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Wolterbeek, N.
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Diederichs, G.
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Valstar, E.
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Heller, M.O.
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Taylor, W.R.
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Diederichs, G.
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Valstar, E.
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Moewis, P., Wolterbeek, N., Diederichs, G., Valstar, E., Heller, M.O. and Taylor, W.R. (2012) The quality of bone surfaces may govern the use of model based fluoroscopy in the determination of joint laxity. Medical Engineering & Physics, 34 (10), 1427-1432. (doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.01.007,). (PMID:22342557)

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Abstract

The assessment of knee joint laxity is clinically important but its quantification remains elusive. Calibrated, low dosage fluoroscopy, combined with registered surfaces and controlled external loading may offer possible solutions for quantifying relative tibio-femoral motion without soft tissue artefact, even in native joints. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of registration using CT and MRI derived 3D bone models, as well as metallic implants, to 2D single-plane fluoroscopic datasets, to assess their suitability for examining knee joint laxity. Four cadaveric knees and one knee implant were positioned using a micromanipulator. After fluoroscopy, the accuracy of registering each surface to the 2D fluoroscopic images was determined by comparison against known translations from the micromanipulator measurements. Dynamic measurements were also performed to assess the relative tibio-femoral error. For CT and MRI derived 3D femur and tibia models during static testing, the in-plane error was 0.4 mm and 0.9 mm, and out-of-plane error 2.6 mm and 9.3 mm respectively. For metallic implants, the in-plane error was 0.2 mm and out-of-plane error 1.5 mm. The relative tibio-femoral error during dynamic measurements was 0.9 mm, 1.2 mm and 0.7 mm in-plane, and 3.9 mm, 10.4 mm and 2.5 mm out-of-plane for CT and MRI based models and metallic implants respectively. The rotational errors ranged from 0.5° to 1.9° for CT, 0.5–4.3° for MRI and 0.1–0.8° for metallic implants. The results of this study indicate that single-plane fluoroscopic analysis can provide accurate information in the investigation of knee joint laxity, but should be limited to static or quasi-static evaluations when assessing native bones, where possible. With this knowledge of registration accuracy, targeted approaches for the determination of tibio-femoral laxity could now determine objective in vivo measures for the identification of ligament reconstruction candidates as well as improve our understanding of the consequences of knee joint instability in TKA.

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Published date: December 2012
Keywords: knee, fluoroscopy, laxity, ct, mri, model registration
Organisations: Bioengineering Group

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Local EPrints ID: 348537
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/348537
ISSN: 1350-4533
PURE UUID: 5b50892f-41dc-4ea8-9c38-75d11d80827d
ORCID for M.O. Heller: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-1135

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:43

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Author: P. Moewis
Author: N. Wolterbeek
Author: G. Diederichs
Author: E. Valstar
Author: M.O. Heller ORCID iD
Author: W.R. Taylor

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