Three-dimensional digital topological characterization of cancellous bone architecture

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-90

  Saha, Punam K ^a   Gomberg, Bryon R ^b   Wehrli, Felix W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TOPOLOGY;

BINARY BONE IMAGES; CANCELLOUS BONE ARCHITECTURES; SURFACE-TO-CURVE RATIO;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033747768     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(2000)11:1<81::AID-IMA9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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