Application of the active shape model in a commercial medical device for bone densitometry

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2003, Pages 1155-1161

  Thodberg, H H ^a   Rosholm, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Sectra Pronosco A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active appearance model; Active shape model; Medical image analysis; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0344946409     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2003.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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