Computerized detection of cemento-enamel junctions in digitized dental radiographs

Author

Haralick, Robert M. ; Ramesh, Visvanathan ; Hausmann, Ernest ; Allen, Kristin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1652

Abstract

The authors present a mathematical morphology algorithm for the detection of the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) on dental radiographs to determine anatomical crest level. An experiment was carried out using dental images obtained by digitizing radiographs in an image analysis system. The results demonstrated that by employing a simple sequence of operations involving morphological openings and closings and other basic Boolean operations, the desired CEJ can be extracted accurately

Keywords

computerised picture processing; diagnostic radiography; medical diagnostic computing; anatomical crest level; basic Boolean operations; cemento-enamel junctions; computerized detection; digitized dental radiographs; image analysis system; mathematical morphology algorithm; morphological closings; morphological openings; Biology computing; Bones; Change detection algorithms; Dentistry; Diagnostic radiography; Diseases; History; Morphology; Pixel; Teeth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96388

Filename

96388