Bone mineral density estimation from X-ray images

Author

Lee, Sooyeul ; Kim, Seunghwan ; Pyo, H.-B. ; Park, Seon Hee

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Basic Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

Trabecular patterns appearing on conventional X-ray films contain rich information about the bone status. In this paper, we present a simple method, which provides a good estimation of bone mineral density (BMD) from conventional X-ray images. The method was developed by considering the microscopic mechanism of bone resorption and creation processes. The method was applied to the distal radius X-ray images. We found that the method provides good estimations of real BMD values of distal radius. The correlation coefficient between the method and the real BMD is about 0.92

Keywords

bone; densitometry; diagnostic radiography; medical image processing; X-ray images; bone creation processes; bone mineral density estimation; bone resorption; correlation coefficient; distal radius; microscopic mechanism; osteoporosis; trabecular patterns; Cancellous bone; Density measurement; Laboratories; Medical conditions; Microscopy; Minerals; Morphology; Osteoporosis; Spine; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804193

Filename

804193