Assessment and classification of mechanical strength components of human femur trabecular bone using texture analysis and neural network

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Christopher, Joseph Jesu ^a   Ramakrishnan, Swaminathan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Image processing; Neural network and trabeculae; Planar radiographs; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 40549134701     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9114-8     Document Type: Article

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