SSMRT

Shuqiao Xie, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Daniel Nolte, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Angela Kedgley, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Daniel Rueckert, Department of Computing, Imperial College London

Anthony Bull, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Key publications

• Nolte D, Bull AMJ, Kedgley AE. (2020) Reconstruction of the lower limb bones from sparse digitisation and statistical shape modelling; Gait & Posture 77, 269-275.
• Nolte D, Bull AMJ. (2019) Femur finite element model instantiation from partial anatomies using statistical shape and appearance models; Medical Engineering & Physics 67, 55-65.
• Nolte D, Tsang CK, Zhang KY, Ding Z, Kedgley AE, Bull AMJ. (2016) Non-linear scaling of a musculoskeletal model of the lower limb using statistical shape models, J. Biomech. 49, 3576–358
• Zhang KY, Kedgley AE, Donoghue CR, Rueckert D, Bull AMJ. The relationship between lateral meniscus shape and joint contact parameters in the knee: a study using data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Res Ther 16, (2014), R27.PMC397875
• Yang YHM, Rueckert D, Bull AMJ. Predicting the shapes of bones at a joint: application to the shoulder. Comp. Meth. Biomech. Biomed. Eng 11, (2008), 19-30
• Yang YH, Bull AMJ, Rueckert D, Hill A. 3D statistical shape modeling of long bones. Biomed. Image Reg. Proc. Lecture Notes In Comp. Science 4057, (2006 2007), 306-314

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SCHEDULE 1 Acknowledgments

If you use SSMRT, you should reference the following papers in any publication:

Nolte D, Tsang CK, Zhang KY, Ding Z, Kedgley AE, Bull AMJ. (2016) Non-linear scaling of a musculoskeletal model of the lower limb using statistical shape models, J. Biomech. 49, 3576–358

Zhang KY, Kedgley AE, Donoghue CR, Rueckert D, Bull AMJ. The relationship between lateral meniscus shape and joint contact parameters in the knee: a study using data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Res Ther 16, (2014), R27.