Limitations of quantitative bone-mass measurements using assessments of first-order statistics of grey-level histograms in plain radiographs

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Kouloulias, Vassilis E ^a   Matsopoulos, G ^a   Kouvaris, J R ^a   Antypas, C ^a   Uzunoglu, N C ^a   Varela, M N ^a   Metafa, A ^a   Sandilos, P ^a   Vlahos, L J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone mass measurements; Grey level histogram; Image processing analysis; Plain radiographs; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TEXTURES; X RAYS;

BONE MASS MEASUREMENT; GREY-LEVEL HISTOGRAM; IMAGE-PROCESSING ANALYSIS; PLAIN RADIOGRAPHS;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2442505727     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410003581     Document Type: Article

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