Computer-assisted bone age assessment: Image preprocessing and epiphyseal/metaphyseal ROI extraction

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 715-729

  Pietka, Ewa ^b   Gertych, Arkadiusz ^b   Pospiech, Sylwia ^b   Cao, Fei ^c   Huang, H K ^a,c   Gilsanz, V ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone age assessment; Carpal bones region of interest; Computer assisted diagnosis; Epiphyseal metaphyseal region of interest; Hand image processing

Indexed keywords

BONE AGE ASSESSMENT; HAND IMAGE PROCESSING; SKELETAL MATURITY;

BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARPAL BONE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE AND BONES; CARPAL BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS;

EID: 0035413310     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.938240     Document Type: Article

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