Combined manual and automatic landmark detection for enhanced surface registration of anatomical structures: an extensive parameter study for femur and clavicle

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Notes on contributors Sanne Vancleef received master degrees in physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences and biomedical engineering from KU Leuven in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Currently she is involved in a PhD programme in Biomedical engineering at KU Leuven. Her main research topic is the optimisation of thin plates for bone reconstruction and fracture fixation. To achieve this, she focuses on defining shape variations of human bones and the quantification of the muscle and joint reaction forces acting on these bones during activities of daily living. Yannick Carette received a master degree in mechanical engineering in 2015. As PhD student, he is part of the sheet metal forming group at the department of mechanical engineering, led by professor Duflou. His main research focus is the improvement of the accuracy of the Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) process in the production of medical implants through the use of software based process planning. He works closely together with two researchers from the biomechanical and medical department on the BioMeTIOm project, which has as goal to identify and exploit the opportunities of the flexible SPIF forming process to be used in different medical applications. Hans Vanhove holds a master degree in electro-mechanical engineering from KU Leuven since 2007. He is currently active as a research fellow and PhD candidate at the same university. His main topics are flexible CNC sheet metal processes, among which; incremental forming, laser cutting and bending. Focusing both on hardware and toolpath optimizations. In Incremental forming, as the centre of his research, he aims to improve accuracy and shape complexity for small batch sheet production. This research leads to new applications of metal sheet in patient tailored implants and custom design panels. Joost Duflou holds master degrees in Architectural and Electro-mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Engineering Sciences from KU Leuven, Belgium. After a number of years of industrial experience in different international companies, he has been a faculty member at the Mechanical Engineering Department of KU Leuven since 1997. He became a tenured Full Professor in 2012. His principal research activities are situated in the field of design support methods and methodologies, with special attention for Ecodesign and Life Cycle Engineering, and Sustainable