Title :
Automatic estimation of the physical characteristics of tibia cross-sections
Author :
Stitt, J.P. ; Lang, T.C. ; Sharkey, N.A.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
A two-step automatic image segmentation procedure was developed to segment a large database of mouse tibia cross-sections. The resulting binary images were used to calculate physical parameters of the cortical region of the specimen.
Keywords :
biological techniques; bone; image segmentation; optical microscopy; binary images; biophysical research technique; exterior background; image database; interior bone-marrow regions; mouse tibia cross-sections; physical characteristics determination; physical parameters calculation; specimen cortical region; two-step automatic image segmentation procedure; Active contours; Bones; Discrete Fourier transforms; Frequency domain analysis; Image processing; Image segmentation; Laboratories; Low pass filters; Mice; Pixel;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053417
