Title :
Development of an analysis system of the X-rays of bones [for prosthesis placement]
Author :
Castro, Alfonso ; Arcay, Bernardino ; Dafonte, Carlos ; Santos, Antonino ; Suárez, Jesus
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of A Coruna, Spain
Abstract :
This article presents the current development state of a system for the analysis of radiological images. Its purpose is to provide the clinicians with information that helps him to take decisions on the placing of prostheses: type of prosthesis, implantation point, etc. At present we are developing the segmentation module that is based on tests with different algorithms and used for the analysis of medical images, focusing on different elements: edge detectors and adaptive clustering algorithms
Keywords :
artificial limbs; bone; diagnostic radiography; edge detection; fuzzy set theory; image segmentation; medical image processing; orthopaedics; pattern clustering; Canny detector; adaptive clustering algorithms; adaptive fuzzy C-means; bone X-rays analysis system; edge detectors; grey scale; homomorphic filter; implantation point; medical images; prostheses placement; prosthesis type; radiological images; segmentation module; thresholding hysteresis; Algorithm design and analysis; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Clustering algorithms; Image analysis; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Medical tests; Prosthetics; X-rays;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900433
