Assessment of 2D and 3D fractal dimension measurements of trabecular bone from high-spatial resolution magnetic resonance images at 3 T

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4930-4937

  Alberich Bayarri, Angel ^a   Marti Bonmati, Luis ^b,c   Ṕrez, Maria Angeles ^d   Sanz Requena, Roberto ^a   Lerma Garrido, Juan Joś ^a   García Martí, Gracián ^e,f   Moratal, David ^g  

^a HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

fractal dimension; image processing; magnetic resonance imaging; osteoporosis; trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

BOX-COUNTING ALGORITHM; DIMENSION MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE;

AGED; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 77956332505     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3481509     Document Type: Article

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