Assessing the degree of osteoporosis in the axial skeleton using the dependence of the fractal dimension on the grey level threshold

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue JUNE, 1997, Pages 586-593

  Haidekker, M A ^a   Andresen, R ^b   Evertsz, C J G ^a   Banzer, D ^b   Peitgen, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0030875664     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.834.9227251     Document Type: Article

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