Abstract:Cranial deformation affects a large number of infants. The methodologies commonly employed to measure the deformation include, among others, calliper measurements and visual assessment for mild cases and radiological imaging for severe cases, where surgical intervention is considered. Visual assessment and calliper measurements usually lack the required level of accuracy to evaluate the deformation. Radiological imaging, including Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), are costly and highly invasive. The use of smartphones to record videos that can be used for three-dimensional (3D) modelling of the head has emerged as a low-cost, noninvasive methodology to extract 3D information of the patient. To be able to analyse the deformation, a novel technique is employed: the obtained model is compared with an ideal head. In this study we have tested the repeatability of the process. For this purpose, several models of two patients have been obtained and the differences between them are evaluated. The results show that the differences in the ellipsoid semiaxis for the same patient are usually below 4 mm, although they increase up to 6.4 mm in some cases. The variability in the distances to the ideal head, which are the values used to evaluate deformity, reaches a maximum value of 2.7 mm. The errors obtained are comparable to those of classical measurement techniques and show the potential of the methodology in development.Keywords: Photogrammetry, Low-cost, Plagiocephaly, 3D modelling Resumen:La deformación craneal afecta a un elevado porcentaje de lactantes, a pesar de esto, no existen estándares para su medición. Existen diversas metodologías empleadas para el análisis de este tipo de deformación, que van desde el análisis visual o la medición con calibre en casos leves, a pruebas radiológicas en casos más graves, en los que se plantea la posibilidad de una intervención quirúrgica. El análisis visual y la medición con calibre a menudo carecen de la precisión requerida para evaluar la deformación, mientras que las pruebas radiológicas (Tomografía Axial Computarizada, TAC, o Resonancia Magnética, RM) son altamente invasivas y tienen un alto coste. Otras soluciones como la fotografía tridimensional (3D) incluyen complejos sistemas de varias cámaras, lo que también supone un coste elevado. La posibilidad de utilizar videos tomados con teléfonos inteligentes para la creación de modelos 3D craneales se ha convertido en una posibilidad para obtener información 3D del paciente de forma precisa y con un coste bajo. Para analizar la deformación se ha planteado una metodología que consiste en calcular las distancias entre el modelo generado y una forma craneal ideal. En este estudio se ha llevado a cabo el análisis de la repetibilidad del proceso de obtención del modelo y de la cabeza ideal ajustada, para ello se han obtenido varios modelos 3D de dos pacientes y se han evaluado las diferencias entre ellos. Los resultados muestran unas diferencias en los semiejes de los elipsoides de aproximadamen...
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