Bonefinder: Development of a fully automatic software tool for bone shape analyses from medical images to improve accuracy and aid clinical decisions in the diagnosis and monitoring of various medical conditions

Lindner, Claudia (Corresponding participant)
Cootes, Timothy (Participant)
Wallis, Gillian (Collaborator)

Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic

Narrative

BoneFinder® is a fully automatic software tool to outline and segment skeletal structures from 2D radiographs by accurately placing a set of points along the bone contour or at key landmark positions. It was originally designed for the segmentation of the hip joint but is now also used for other skeletal structures such as the joints of the hand or the knee joint. BoneFinder® is being used by researchers world-wide, and some of the technology has been commercially licensed for application in clinical practice.

Impact date	2013
Category of impact	Health and wellbeing, Economic
Impact level	Benefit

Documents & Links

http://www.bone-finder.com

Bonefinder: Development of a fully automatic software tool for bone shape analyses from medical images to improve accuracy and aid clinical decisions in the diagnosis and monitoring of various medical conditions

Narrative

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