Scaling index method: A novel nonlinear technique for the analysis of high-resolution MRI of human bones

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 III, Issue , 2003, Pages 1777-1786

  Monetti, Roberto A ^a   Boehm, Holger ^b   Mueller, Dirk ^b   Newitt, David ^c   Majumdar, Sharmila ^c   Rummeny, Ernst ^b   Link, Thomas M ^b   Raeth, Christoph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone Structure Analysis; MRI imaging; Non linear Texture Measures; Scaling Index Method

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042421779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.481099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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