System and method to select a prosthesis based on proximal femur morphology

A method for selecting a prosthesis from a set of available prostheses, the method comprising:

• accessing anatomical image data including data representing a proximal end of a femur of a patient;
• determining, based on analysis of the anatomical image data, a femoral canal axial indication along a femoral canal based at least in part on anatomical landmark locations found within the anatomical image data;
• performing a plurality of automated edge detection based measurements long a length of the femoral canal axial indication within the anatomical image data to generate a plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements;
• and
• selecting, based at least in part on the plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements along the femoral canal axial indication, a prosthesis from the set of available prostheses to best fit the femur of the patient.

A system for selecting a prosthesis from a set of available prostheses, the system comprising:

• a computer including at least one processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
• accessing anatomical image data including data representing a proximal end of a femur of a patient;
• determining, based on analysis of the anatomical image data, a femoral canal axial indication along a femoral canal based at least in part on anatomical landmark locations found within the anatomical image data;
• performing a plurality of automated edge detection based measurements long a length of the femoral canal axial indication within the anatomical image data to generate a plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements;
• and
• selecting, based at least in part on the plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements along the femoral canal axial indication, a prosthesis from the set of available prostheses to best fit the femur of the patient.

A machine-readable storage device including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to select a prosthesis from a set of available prostheses using operations comprising:

• accessing anatomical image data including data representing a proximal end of a femur of a patient;
• determining, based on analysis of the anatomical image data, a femoral canal axial indication along a femoral canal based at least in part on anatomical landmark locations found within the anatomical image data;
• performing a plurality of automated edge detection based measurements long a length of the femoral canal axial indication within the anatomical image data to generate a plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements;
• and
• selecting, based at least in part on the plurality of lateral anatomic structural measurements along the femoral canal axial indication;
• a prosthesis from the set of available prostheses to best fit the femur of the patient.