Automatically Diagnosing HIP Conditions from X-Rays using Landmark Detection

When patients present with symptoms of hip pain a clinician might diagnose a condition called femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), where the ball and socket of the hip joint rub together during movement. To diagnose FAI a doctor inspects an x-ray, and records the angles between certain key points in the image. If the angles are ‘too big’ then FAI is diagnosed. We anticipate that these key points ca...