A Radial Basis Function Technique for the Early Detection and Measurement of Hip Implant Loosening

Alexander Wiese, Ann Diguglielmo, Jerico Mellet, McKayla Rebillon, Shreekanth Mandayam, Erik Brewer, Luke Austin

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Abstract

Hip implants are extremely common procedures that are performed to relieve pain and restore function to the hip joint. Historically, most implants would last for the duration of the patient's life, approximately 15 years after implantation; however, due to medical advancements patients are living longer and outliving the life of their implant. The most common cause for implant failure is the failure of the bond between the implant and the bone, occurring due to the translation or rotation of the implant. Once an implant has failed, a very invasive, costly, and painful revision surgery is required. There is significant advantage in the early detection of implant loosening. This paper presents a radial basis function based image processing technique to detect minute 3-D rotations of a hip implant from 2-D X-ray images. Comparing these rotations for a particular hip implant over time can alert orthopedic surgeons of trends that might lead to impending gross loosening of the implant and enable early correction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2020 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148427
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020
Event15th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2020 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: Mar 9 2020Mar 11 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2020 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference15th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2020
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period3/9/203/11/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Instrumentation

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