Computer automated approach to the extraction of epiphyseal regions in hand radiographs

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 165-172

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bone age; Computer assessment; Skeletal maturity

Indexed keywords

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

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

BINARY HAND MASK; BINARY IMAGE; EPIPHYSEAL REGIONS; HAND RADIOGRAPHS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0035754093     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-001-0101-1     Document Type: Article

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