λ-Measure for Bone Density Connectivity

Author

Chen, Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., Columbia Univ., Washington, DC

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

9-13 July 2006

Firstpage

489

Lastpage

494

Abstract

This note presents a new measure for bone mineral density analysis based on DEXA images. We are proposing an innovative procedure to calculate a scalar value that indicates the connectivity of bone mineral components. This method may provide a totally new measure for bone density study using DEXA scan images that can only calculate T and Z values and can only determine the quality of the bone in terms of the average intensity of bone density. The new measure proposed is called lambda-measure and it provides new research possibilities related to how well the bone components are connected. We can have lambda_T and lambda_Z corresponding to T and Z scores

Keywords

X-ray absorption; bone; densitometry; medical image processing; minerals; -measure; DEXA images; average intensity; bone mineral components; bone mineral density analysis; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; lambda; scan images; Bone density; Density measurement; Energy measurement; Fractals; History; Measurement standards; Medical treatment; Minerals; Osteoporosis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0496-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0497-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2006.295644

Filename

4077975