SafeACL: Ligament reconstruction based on subject-specific musculoskeletal and finite element models

Abstract

This technical report presents the SafeACL project, which focus on the development of a decision support system based on the integration of musculo-skeletal computer models with imaging (MRI, X-ray, ultrasound) and motion analysis data (kinematics, kinetics) to simulate the surgery and to improve cus-tomization, objectivity, and effectiveness of treatments for ACL reconstruction. The SafeACL system will allow the physician to operate in a virtual environment using an individualized musculoskeletal model that will be able to predict the effect of the surgery. SafeACL is a project co‐financed by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE, started in July of 2018 (M1) and has a duration of 36 months. The 1st section of this report provides an over-view of SafeACL, by describing objectives, the work plan and the implementa-tion phases, the expected results and impact of the project. The current status of the project is described in section 2, while conclusions and future work are in-cluded in the last section.