Automatic Analytic System of scoliosis that employed TV camera, A/D changing apparatus and personal computer, was applied clinically. The results were previously reported by Okamoto.
The character of Automatic Analytic System is the following.
(1) It analyzes automatically the back deformity of scoliosis by personal computer, and prints out the results.
(2) The time for analysis is about thirty seconds for each person.
(3) It can screen the spinal deformity without X-rays and contact, objectively, correctly, and directly.
(4) It can be carried easily for the light weight.
(5) Many analytic apparatuses are not needed in a prefecture, if the system has been perfected.
This time we carried out the medical examination of scoliosis at the primary and lower secondary schools in the city of Isahaya by means of the Automatic Analytic System. In seventeen cases screened that had more than 15° of Cobb angle in the thoracic C curve type, the correlation coefficient between the Cobb angle and the difference between the right back pitch and left one at standing was 0.75, which is a pretty good correlation. As a result of this medical examination, we saw that this Automatic Analytic System of scoliosis is excellent in the medical survey at school.
