An investigation of thoracic and lumbar cancellous vertebral architecture using power-spectral analysis of plain radiographs

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-456

  Buck, A M ^a,c   Price, R I ^b   Sweetman, I M ^c   Oxnard, C E ^c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fast fourier transformation; Human; Spine; Texture analysis; Trabecular bone; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036079223     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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