Cost‐ and time‐effective three‐dimensional bone‐shape reconstruction from X‐ray images

Three‐dimensional (3D) bone shapes need to be created for visualization and pre‐operative surgery planning. Conventionally such shape data is extracted from volumetric data sets, obtained by three‐dimensional sensors, such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This conventional method is highly labor intensive and time consuming.