Title :
Computerized detection of cemento-enamel junctions in digitized dental radiographs
Author :
Haralick, Robert M. ; Ramesh, Visvanathan ; Hausmann, Ernest ; Allen, Kristin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The authors present a mathematical morphology algorithm for the detection of the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) on dental radiographs to determine anatomical crest level. An experiment was carried out using dental images obtained by digitizing radiographs in an image analysis system. The results demonstrated that by employing a simple sequence of operations involving morphological openings and closings and other basic Boolean operations, the desired CEJ can be extracted accurately
Keywords :
computerised picture processing; diagnostic radiography; medical diagnostic computing; anatomical crest level; basic Boolean operations; cemento-enamel junctions; computerized detection; digitized dental radiographs; image analysis system; mathematical morphology algorithm; morphological closings; morphological openings; Biology computing; Bones; Change detection algorithms; Dentistry; Diagnostic radiography; Diseases; History; Morphology; Pixel; Teeth;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96388
