Workshop Presenter: David Haynor MD,PhD, University of Washington, USA



Medical imaging is ordinarily done for clinical purposes, but is also suitable for gathering biomechanical information about the foot and ankle. The data can then be used for patient-specific and generic biomechanical modeling. We will discuss the principal modalities that have been used for this purposes -- plain radiography (including fluoroscopy), MRI, CT, ultrasound, and SPECT. For each modality, we will discuss what it is useful for, its accuracy and limitations (including patient safety/dosage issues), and survey the applications in the current literature. We will also briefly discuss the image processing tools that are needed for quantitative image analysis.