Title :
Automatic Bone Age Assessment Based on PSO
Author :
Liu, Zhao ; Chen, Jianxun ; Jian Liu ; Yang, Linquan
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Wuhan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
In this paper, an automatic bone age assessment method is proposed, with emphasis on automatic skeleton template matching in a hand-wrist radiographic image. The assessment method integrates template matching with edge detection. A hierarchical method based on PSO and an edge set model are proposed and used in it. Experimental results show that correctness and efficiency of bone maturation assessment is improved.
Keywords :
bone; diagnostic radiography; edge detection; feature extraction; medical image processing; automatic bone age assessment; automatic skeleton template matching; bone maturation assessment; hand-wrist radiographic image; hierarchical method; particle swarm optimization; Bones; Computer science; Computer vision; Data mining; Educational institutions; Feature extraction; Hospitals; Image edge detection; Particle swarm optimization; Skeleton;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2007. ICBBE 2007. The 1st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1120-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2007.117
