NDLI: Automatic skeletal bone age assessment by integrating EMROI and CROI processing

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Author	Giordano, D. Spampinato, C. Scarciofalo, G. Leonardi, R.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 6, 95125 Italy (Giordano, D.; Spampinato, C.; Scarciofalo, G.) \|\| Department of Orthodontics, Policlinico ¿Gaspare Rodolico¿ - University of Catania, Via S.Sofia 78 - 95123 Italy (Leonardi, R.)
Abstract	In this work we propose a fully automatic system for bone age evaluation, according to the Tanner and Whitehouse method (TW2), based on the integration between EMROI and CROI analysis, which ensures accurate bone age assessment for the entire age range (0–10). For both approaches novel segmentation techniques will be proposed. In detail, for the CROI analysis the bones extraction has been carried out by integrating anatomical knowledge of the hand and trigonometric concepts, whereas the TW2 stage assignment is implemented by combining the active contour models (ACM) and derivative difference of Gaussian (DrDoG) filter. For the EMROI analysis, image processing techniques and geometrical features analysis, based on difference of Gaussian (DoG), are proposed. The experimental results were conducted on a set of 30 X-Rays, reaching performances of about 87%. The performances of the proposed method are affected by the detection and extraction of the Trapezium and Trapezoid (50%). Without considering such bones the success rate raises to 91%.
Starting Page	141
Ending Page	145
File Size	744061
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424435982
DOI	10.1109/MEMEA.2009.5167972
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-05-29
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Bones Image edge detection Active contours Filters Image analysis Active shape model Automation Radiography Wrist Biomedical imaging Pattern Analysis TW2 method Active Contour Models Active Shape Models DoG and DrDoG Filter
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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