Ligament insertions/origins

[samira vakili]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is any data in MAP database regarding ligament insertion/origin to be used in SSM or attachment prediction?

Thanks,
Sami

[Bryce Killen]

Hi Sami,

Thank you for your question.

Currently there is no standalone implementation of ligament origin-insertions in the MAP-Client. I have performed preliminary testing where a a template for the knee ligaments has been morphed to a MAP-Client morphed bone.

Which bones-joints are you interested in specifically ?

Thank you
Bryce

[samira vakili]

Hi Bryce,

Thanks for your reply. I'm interested in the knee joint ligament insertion/origins. Part of my project is prediction of ligament attachment sites on the CT reconstructed bone. I was going to use SSM models (maybe through Matlab processing), however, when I start working with MAP client, I thought we might be able to predict subject-specific insertion/origins on this software as well.

Thanks,
Sami

[Bryce Killen]

Hi Sami,

The implementation was based on an old implementation of the COMAK workflow which is now OpenSim JAM https://github.com/clnsmith/opensim-jam

I have not updated the workflow/code to account for these changes, but this can be done. If you would like to take this further, you should be able to send me an email through the SimTK Page , if you give me a little bit more information on your project, we can work to implement this for your usage.

Thanks
Bryce