Title :
Image processing technique for semiautomatic detection of cartilage boundaries on OCT images
Author :
Rogowska, Jadwiga ; Bryant, Clifford M. ; Brezinski, Mark E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Orthopedics, Brigham & Women´´s Hosp., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We used a cartilage boundary detection technique based on adaptive filtering, edge detection, and edge linking by graph searching. The quantitative measurements of cartilage thickness on OCT images correlated well with measurements from histology.
Keywords :
adaptive filters; biomedical optical imaging; bone; edge detection; medical image processing; optical tomography; thickness measurement; OCT images; adaptive filtering; cartilage boundary detection technique; edge detection; edge linking; graph searching; histology; image processing technique; semiautomatic detection; Adaptive filters; Image edge detection; Image processing; Joining processes; Kernel; Optical filters; Optical noise; Speckle; Thickness measurement; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
