Enhanced bone structural analysis through pQCT image preprocessing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Cervinka, T ^a   Hyttinen, J ^a   Sievanen, H ^a,b,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Cortical bone; Image preprocessing; pQCT; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; CORTICAL BONE; IMAGE PREPROCESSING; PQCT; TRABECULAR BONES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BONE; MEDIAN FILTERS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; ARTIFACT; BAYES THEOREM; BONE; FIBULA; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BAYES THEOREM; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FIBULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955817422     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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