Assessment of bone feature parameters from lumbar trabecular skeletal patterns using mathematical morphology image processing

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 201-208

  Oka, Kouki ^a   Kumasaka, Satsuki ^a   Kashima, Isamu ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone morphometry; Digital X ray image; Lumbar vertebrae; Mathematical morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROCOMPUTER; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY ANALYSIS; BONE; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036043864     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007740200029     Document Type: Article

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