A computational technique to measure fracture callus in radiographs

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 792-795

  Lujan, Trevor J ^a   Madey, Steven M ^a   Fitzpatrick, Dan C ^b   Byrd, Gregory D ^a   Sanderson, Jason M ^a   Bottlang, Michael ^a  

^a LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Callus; Fracture; Image processing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VALIDATION; BONE HEALING; CALLUS; CALLUS FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; LONG BONE; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS; PIXELS PER INCHES; PROJECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SMALL AREA; SURROGATE MODEL; VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; BONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BONY CALLUS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952519152     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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