ALBA: Agile library for biomedical applications

IF 2.4 4区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SoftwareX Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2025.102188

Gianluigi Crimi , Nicola Vanella , Enrico Schileo , Giordano Valente , Giulia Fraterrigo , Fulvia Taddei

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Abstract

Efficient and unified software tools to manage the complex imaging and modelling workflows needed for computational biomechanics research are lacking. The Agile Library for Biomedical Applications (ALBA) is an open-source C++ versatile framework that handles various data types (e.g. 2D and 3D images, surfaces, finite element models, point clouds, motion analysis data), and offers an easily extensible platform for the rapid development of specialised applications that can manage, visualise, and manipulate biomedical data. The already available functionalities have been developed in the context of computational biomechanics, quantitative image analysis and pre-operative planning in orthopaedics. Software applications built with ALBA attracted the interest of the scientific community and are currently used, both inside and outside the original research group, in finite element modelling of bones and musculoskeletal modelling. The further ALBA adoption by other centres might increase the spread of a positive attitude towards open and reproducible research in the biomechanical community and increase the sharing of algorithms and data.

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ALBA：用于生物医学应用的敏捷库

目前还缺乏有效和统一的软件工具来管理计算生物力学研究所需的复杂成像和建模工作流程。敏捷生物医学应用库（ALBA）是一个开源的c++通用框架，可以处理各种数据类型（例如2D和3D图像、曲面、有限元模型、点云、运动分析数据），并提供一个易于扩展的平台，用于快速开发可以管理、可视化和操作生物医学数据的专业应用程序。在计算生物力学、定量图像分析和骨科术前计划的背景下，已经开发了现有的功能。用ALBA构建的软件应用程序引起了科学界的兴趣，目前在原始研究小组内外都被用于骨骼和肌肉骨骼的有限元建模。其他中心进一步采用ALBA可能会增加生物力学界对开放和可重复研究的积极态度的传播，并增加算法和数据的共享。

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SoftwareX COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

2.90%

发文量

184

审稿时长

9 weeks

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