An investigation of segmentation methods and texture analysis applied to tomographic images of human vertebral cancellous bone

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-316

  Cendre, E ^a   Kaftandjian, Valérie ^a   Peix, G ^a   Jourlin, M ^b   Mitton, D ^a   Babot, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Human cancellous bone; Segmentation methods; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARCHITECTURAL PARAMETERS; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN CANCELLOUS BONE; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; TEXTURAL PARAMETERS; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0034013085     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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