Sampling sphere orientation distribution: An efficient method to quantify trabecular bone fabric on grayscale images

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-541

  Varga, P ^a   Zysset, P K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Computer tomography; Fabric; Mean intercept length; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGES; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATIONS; EFFICIENT METHODS; FABRIC TENSORS; GRAY-SCALE IMAGES; HIGHER ORDERS; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONES; MEAN INTERCEPT LENGTH; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; SECOND ORDERS; SEGMENTED IMAGES; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FABRICS; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COLOR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349091809     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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