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Methodology for Determining the Positions of the Human Spine Vertebrae

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New Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science

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Assessing the posture of the human body in real time is a great challenge, given the alarming increase of diseases in the bone system, in general and of the spine, in particular, generated by the adoption of inadequate positions in the current activities. Knowing the posture of the spine can help the doctor in preventing or diagnosing a disease and designing a customized treatment. The data presented in this paper is part of the research carried out in the SPINE project [13]. The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for the reconstruction and visualization of a human spine, i.e. calculating the positions and representation of vertebrae in 3D format, using mechanical software applications.

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Acknowledgements

This paper was realized within the Partnership Programme in priority domains—PN-II, which runs with the financial support of MEN-UEFISCDI, Project no. 227/2014, System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Spine Diseases.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Department, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania

    Ioan Doroftei

  2. Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Department, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania

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  3. Mechanical Systems Engineering Department, Machine Building Faculty, Research Center for Industrial Robots Simulation and Testing, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Doina Pisla

  4. Mechatronics Department, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timişoara, Romania

    Erwin Christian Lovasz

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Butnariu, S., Antonya, C. (2018). Methodology for Determining the Positions of the Human Spine Vertebrae. In: Doroftei, I., Oprisan, C., Pisla, D., Lovasz, E. (eds) New Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 57. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79111-1_20

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