Title :
MPEG-7-like Description Scheme for Osteoporosis Diagnosis Support
Author :
Vertan, Constantin ; Sirbu, Laura ; Stefan, Ion
Author_Institution :
Image Process. & Anal. Lab., Politehnica Univ. of Bucharest
Abstract :
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by the loss of bone mass and by bone microarchitectural modifications. Bone mass (or bone density) can be precisely (and expensively) measured by specialized equipment (such as DEXA); microarchitectural modification are yet subjectively graded and evaluated by the radiologist. The goal of this research is to investigate the possible automatic detection of osteoporosis, based on digital image processing and analysis techniques (MPEG-7 image content description scheme) applied to digitized X-ray films of the calcaneum bones
Keywords :
X-ray imaging; bone; diseases; medical image processing; MPEG-7 image content description scheme; bone disease; bone mass; bone microarchitectural modification; calcaneum bone; digital image processing; digitized X-ray film; osteoporosis diagnosis support; Bone diseases; Density measurement; Digital images; Image analysis; MPEG 7 Standard; Microarchitecture; Osteoporosis; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cluj-Napoca
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0360-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0361-8
DOI :
10.1109/AQTR.2006.254667
