Automated Selection of Trabecular Bone Regions in Knee Radiographs

Osteoarthritic (OA) changes in knee joints can be assessed by analyzing the structure of trabecular bone (TB) in the tibia. This analysis is performed on TB regions selected manually by a human operator on x-ray images. Manual selection is time-consuming, tedious, and expensive. Even if a radiologis...

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Main Authors: Podsiadlo, P, Wolski, M, Stachowiak, Gwidon
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Association of Physicists in Medicine 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42050