Classification of trabecular structure in magnetic resonance images based on morphological granulometries. Academic Article

abstract

• A new method of detecting structured changes in trabecular bone, such as those associated with osteoporosis, was evaluated on magnetic resonance images of the wrist. The method was based on gray-scale morphological granulometries which classify image texture by iteratively filtering an image and measuring the rate of change of structural diminution in a filtered-image sequence. A classification scheme capable of distinguishing structural changes in trabecular bone starting from normal trabeculae through sclerotic, cystic, and grossly porotic bone is presented. Results of the application of this technique to the evaluation of high resolution magnetic resonance images of the wrist are presented.

authors

• Dougherty, Edward

published proceedings

• Magn Reson Med

author list (cited authors)

• Chen, Y., Dougherty, E. R., Totterman, S. M., & Hornak, J. P.

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• Chen, Y||Dougherty, ER||Totterman, SM||Hornak, JP

publication date

• March 1993

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Magnetic Resonance in Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Bone And Bones
• Bone Cysts
• Bone Density
• Carpal Bones
• Classification
• Humans
• Image Enhancement
• Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Middle Aged
• Models, Theoretical
• Observer Variation
• Osteonecrosis
• Osteoporosis
• Radius
• Sclerosis

PubMed Central ID

• 8450744

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/mrm.1910290312

start page

• 358

end page

• 370

volume

• 29

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910290312