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A semiautomatic segmentation approach to biometric measurement of the talus bone of sedentary women and ballerinas using CT images


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Figure 1

Flowchart of the study
Flowchart of the study

Figure 2

Measurements of the talus bone using a 3D image (3D-Doctor; Able Software Corp, Lexington, MA, USA)
Measurements of the talus bone using a 3D image (3D-Doctor; Able Software Corp, Lexington, MA, USA)

Figure 3

3D-Reconstruction of a ballerina’s right foot skeleton using 3D-Doctor (Able Software Corp, Lexington, MA, USA). Talus bone shown in blue.
3D-Reconstruction of a ballerina’s right foot skeleton using 3D-Doctor (Able Software Corp, Lexington, MA, USA). Talus bone shown in blue.

Talus bone measurements of ballerinas and sedentary women

No.BallerinaSedentary
Right foot (cm)Left foot (cm)Right foot (cm)Left foot (cm)
13.433.393.203.34
23.463.113.313.04
33.483.293.653.17
43.523.333.293.29
53.313.353.253.36

Descriptive statistics for the talus bones of ballerinas and sedentary women

nMean (cm)Standard DeviationVariance
Ballerina103.370.120.01
Sedentary women103.290.160.03

Talus bone volumes

NoSedentary volume (cm3)Ballerina volume (cm3)
right footleft footright footleft foot
124.826.625.926.3
227.527.424.323.7
324.826.624.925.0
427.527.324.325.2
527.828.724.224.3
mean26.527.324.724.9
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Medicine, Assistive Professions, Nursing, Basic Medical Science, other, Clinical Medicine