Computer aided measurement of biomechanical characteristics of cadaverous lumbar spines

• Authors: Luděk Bartoněk , Jiří Keprt , Jiří Charamza , Lumír Hrabálek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Special computer-aided equipment was designed for measurement of biomechanical characteristics of lower part of the spine (L1-L5). When the stress is applied, it is necessary to observe the shift of the sample elements, together with measurement of the spine rigidity. This shift is determined with the help of circular targets fitted to the appropriate vertebra. The targets, illuminated by lamp or laser light, are monitored and their digitalized images are scanned by CCD camera is stored as computer media. The two dimensional Fourier transform of the digital optical signal is obtained by the fast Fourier transform algorithm. The period and direction of the interference fringes determine the size and the direction of the sample shift.

Keywords

EN

lumbar spine; force gauges; speckle interferometry; fast Fourier transform; 87.90. y

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 504-510

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2004

online

1 - 9 - 2004

Contributors

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Luděk Bartoněk

• Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Palacký University, 17 Listopadu 50, 772 07, Olomouc, Czech Republic

author

Jiří Keprt

• Joint Laboratory of Optics of Palacký University, Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 17 Listopadu 50, 772 07, Olomouc, Czech Republic

author

Jiří Charamza

• Department of Anatomy Medical Faculty, Palacký University, 3 Hněvotínská, 775 15, Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Lumír Hrabálek

• Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, 6. I.P. Pavlova, 775 20, Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/BF02476428