Automatic computer-aided sacroiliac joint index analysis for bone scintigraphy

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Huang, Jia Yann ^a   Tsai, Ming Fong ^b   Kao, Pan Fu ^c   Chen, Yung Sheng ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Fuzzy sets; Morphological operations; Sacroiliac joint to sacrum uptake ratios; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTIGRAPHY; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; HISTOGRAM THRESHOLDING; MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; MEDICAL EXPERTS; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; PRECISION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES; REFERENCE POINTS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; RIGHT AND LEFT; SACROILIAC JOINTS;

BONE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTERS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS;

MEASUREMENTS;

COLLOID TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT INDEX; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PELVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950370205     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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