Image segmentation of trabecular spongiosa by visual inspection of the gradient magnitude

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4447-4467

  Rajon, D A ^a   Pichardo, J C ^b   Brindle, J M ^b   Kielar, K N ^b   Jokisch, D W ^c   Patton, P W ^d   Bolch, W E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL MODELS; TRABECULAR ENDOSTEUM; TRABECULAR SPONGIOSA;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; VISUALIZATION;

TISSUE;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; VISION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748526169     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/18/002     Document Type: Article

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