MPEG-7-like Description Scheme for Osteoporosis Diagnosis Support

Author

Vertan, Constantin ; Sirbu, Laura ; Stefan, Ion

Author_Institution

Image Process. & Anal. Lab., Politehnica Univ. of Bucharest

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

25-28 May 2006

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

400

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by the loss of bone mass and by bone microarchitectural modifications. Bone mass (or bone density) can be precisely (and expensively) measured by specialized equipment (such as DEXA); microarchitectural modification are yet subjectively graded and evaluated by the radiologist. The goal of this research is to investigate the possible automatic detection of osteoporosis, based on digital image processing and analysis techniques (MPEG-7 image content description scheme) applied to digitized X-ray films of the calcaneum bones

Keywords

X-ray imaging; bone; diseases; medical image processing; MPEG-7 image content description scheme; bone disease; bone mass; bone microarchitectural modification; calcaneum bone; digital image processing; digitized X-ray film; osteoporosis diagnosis support; Bone diseases; Density measurement; Digital images; Image analysis; MPEG 7 Standard; Microarchitecture; Osteoporosis; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cluj-Napoca

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0360-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0361-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AQTR.2006.254667

Filename

4022990