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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Andreas Fieselmann, Erlangen, DE;
Zhigang Peng, Ambler, PA (US);
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A method for automatically determining spine deformation from an image showing a number of vertebrae of the spine, comprises: detecting center points of the number of vertebrae shown in the image; constructing a center line based on the center points; computing a local tilt at points along the center line; determining positive and negative tilt-maxima of the local tilt and selecting two reference vertebrae having center points closest to the positive and negative tilt-maxima; segmenting an upper endplate of the cranial reference vertebra; segmenting a lower endplate of the caudal reference vertebra; computing an angle between the upper endplate and the lower endplate; and outputting the angle.