Shape based retrieval in NHANES II Conference Paper

abstract

• NHANES II is a nationally significant medical image database of spine x-ray images located at the National Library of Medicine. A key feature of spine disease in these images is the presence of osteophytes which are bony processes that alter the shape of vertebrae. Shapes of vertebrae are conveniently described in shape spaces which are non-linear manifolds. Indexing in such non-linear manifolds is an open problem. In this paper, we describe a technique of embedding shape manifolds in Euclidean spaces in a way that allows the use of classical indexing techniques for indexing shape. Application of this to the NHANES II database is also described.

authors

• Qian, Xiaoning

published proceedings

• ACM Multimedia 2004 - proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Multimedia

author list (cited authors)

• Tagare, H. D., Qian, X., Fulbright, R. K., Long, R., & Antani, S.

complete list of authors

• Tagare, HD||Qian, X||Fulbright, RK||Long, R||Antani, S

publication date

• December 2004

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 1581138938

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781581138931

start page

• 776

end page

• 779