Automated measurement of skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume from pediatric computed tomography

Kirk Smith; David Politte; Gregory Reiker; Tracy S. Nolan; Charles Hildebolt; Chelsea Mattson; Don Tucker; Fred Prior; Sergei Turovets; Linda J. Larson-Prior

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610416

Automated measurement of skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume from pediatric computed tomography

Kirk Smith, David Politte, Gregory Reiker, Tracy S. Nolan, Charles Hildebolt, Chelsea Mattson, Don Tucker, Fred Prior, Sergei Turovets, Linda J. Larson-Prior

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Abstract

Normative values of pediatric skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume would inform multiple disciplines including neurosurgery, plastic surgery and anthropology. Semi-automated methods exist for obtaining these data but are time consuming and require expertise. We report on a new method for automated extraction of in vivo measures of pediatric crania based on x-ray computed tomography scans (CT). Data were obtained from a clinical image repository for pediatric populations in whom no pathology was noted. The automated process showed good agreement with semi-automated measures, although there was a small bias for both braincase volume and circumference. We developed an open source program to automatically extract measures of skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume that are likely to prove useful in multiple disciplines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013
Pages	3977-3980
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610416
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013 - Osaka, Japan Duration: Jul 3 2013 → Jul 7 2013

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)	1557-170X

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Conference	2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	07/3/13 → 07/7/13

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Smith, K., Politte, D., Reiker, G., Nolan, T. S., Hildebolt, C., Mattson, C., Tucker, D., Prior, F., Turovets, S., & Larson-Prior, L. J. (2013). Automated measurement of skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume from pediatric computed tomography. In 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013 (pp. 3977-3980). Article 6610416 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610416

Smith, Kirk ; Politte, David ; Reiker, Gregory et al. / Automated measurement of skull circumference, cranial index, and braincase volume from pediatric computed tomography. 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013. 2013. pp. 3977-3980 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

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