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| author | Shi, Chang Meng, Nan Zhuang, Yipeng Zhao, Moxin Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Huang, Hua Chen, Xiuyuan Nie, Cong Zhong, Wenting Jiang, Guiqiang Wei, Yuxin Yu, Jacob Hong Man Chen, Si Ou, Xiaowen Zhang, Teng |
| author_facet | Shi, Chang Meng, Nan Zhuang, Yipeng Zhao, Moxin Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Huang, Hua Chen, Xiuyuan Nie, Cong Zhong, Wenting Jiang, Guiqiang Wei, Yuxin Yu, Jacob Hong Man Chen, Si Ou, Xiaowen Zhang, Teng |
| contents | Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common spinal deformity affecting approximately 2.2% of boys and 4.8% of girls worldwide. The Cobb angle serves as the gold standard for AIS severity assessment, yet traditional manual measurements suffer from significant observer variability, compromising diagnostic accuracy. Despite prior automation attempts, existing methods use simplified spinal models and predetermined curve patterns that fail to address clinical complexity. We present a novel deep learning framework for AIS assessment that simultaneously predicts both superior and inferior endplate angles with corresponding midpoint coordinates for each vertebra, preserving the anatomical reality of vertebral wedging in progressive AIS. Our approach combines an HRNet backbone with Swin-Transformer modules and biomechanically informed constraints for enhanced feature extraction. We employ Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to analyze angle predictions directly from vertebral morphology, enabling flexible detection of diverse scoliosis patterns without predefined curve assumptions. Using 630 full-spine anteroposterior radiographs from patients aged 10-18 years with rigorous dual-rater annotation, our method achieved 83.45% diagnostic accuracy and 2.55° mean absolute error. The framework demonstrates exceptional generalization capability on out-of-distribution cases. Additionally, we introduce the Vertebral Wedging Index (VWI), a novel metric quantifying vertebral deformation. Longitudinal analysis revealed VWI's significant prognostic correlation with curve progression while traditional Cobb angles showed no correlation, providing robust support for early AIS detection, personalized treatment planning, and progression monitoring. |
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| spellingShingle | Accurate Cobb Angle Estimation via SVD-Based Curve Detection and Vertebral Wedging Quantification Shi, Chang Meng, Nan Zhuang, Yipeng Zhao, Moxin Cheung, Jason Pui Yin Huang, Hua Chen, Xiuyuan Nie, Cong Zhong, Wenting Jiang, Guiqiang Wei, Yuxin Yu, Jacob Hong Man Chen, Si Ou, Xiaowen Zhang, Teng Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common spinal deformity affecting approximately 2.2% of boys and 4.8% of girls worldwide. The Cobb angle serves as the gold standard for AIS severity assessment, yet traditional manual measurements suffer from significant observer variability, compromising diagnostic accuracy. Despite prior automation attempts, existing methods use simplified spinal models and predetermined curve patterns that fail to address clinical complexity. We present a novel deep learning framework for AIS assessment that simultaneously predicts both superior and inferior endplate angles with corresponding midpoint coordinates for each vertebra, preserving the anatomical reality of vertebral wedging in progressive AIS. Our approach combines an HRNet backbone with Swin-Transformer modules and biomechanically informed constraints for enhanced feature extraction. We employ Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to analyze angle predictions directly from vertebral morphology, enabling flexible detection of diverse scoliosis patterns without predefined curve assumptions. Using 630 full-spine anteroposterior radiographs from patients aged 10-18 years with rigorous dual-rater annotation, our method achieved 83.45% diagnostic accuracy and 2.55° mean absolute error. The framework demonstrates exceptional generalization capability on out-of-distribution cases. Additionally, we introduce the Vertebral Wedging Index (VWI), a novel metric quantifying vertebral deformation. Longitudinal analysis revealed VWI's significant prognostic correlation with curve progression while traditional Cobb angles showed no correlation, providing robust support for early AIS detection, personalized treatment planning, and progression monitoring. |
| title | Accurate Cobb Angle Estimation via SVD-Based Curve Detection and Vertebral Wedging Quantification |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24898 |