Yuri Rutigliano
Development of a Statistical Shape Model of the Human Pelvis Using Deformetrica and Principal Component Analysis.
Rel. Alessandra Aldieri, Mara Terzini. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Biomedical Engineering, 2025
Abstract
In the field of computational biomechanics and hip prosthesis design, the study and understanding of pelvic morphological variability provide an advantage for designing patient-specific implants and supporting custom-made production. Moreover, in the case of oncological patients with bone metastases, the pelvis may present defects and missing parts, complicating preoperative planning. A complete and standardized mathematical description of the variability of the pelvic bone is still lacking, resulting in gaps in the knowledge of local and global shape variations. To address this issue and enable the reconstruction of missing geometries in the pelvis, a powerful tool is represented by Statistical Shape Models (SSMs), which mathematically describe the main features of shape variation.
Essentially, an SSM consists of a mean shape, called the template, and deformation modes that capture the most significant shape variations
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