Spinal Bone Mineral Determination Using Automated Contour Detection: Application To Single And Dual Energy CT

Tamar Sandor; Willi A. Kalender; William B . Hanlon; Barbara N. Weissman; Calvin Rumbaugh

doi:10.1117/12.949493

19 September 1985 Spinal Bone Mineral Determination Using Automated Contour Detection: Application To Single And Dual Energy CT

Tamar Sandor, Willi A. Kalender, William B . Hanlon, Barbara N. Weissman, Calvin Rumbaugh

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Proceedings Volume 0555, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949493
Event: Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85, 1985, Boston, United States

Abstract

The measurement of spinal bone mineral content has been achieved by using automated contour detection on CT images. The method reproducibly provides a definition of the cortical area and calibrates a region of interest over essentially the whole spongeous bone. The algorithm can be used in single and dual energy CT studies. In single energy examinations the analyses employ a correction procedure based upon the method introduced by Cann and Genant. The procedures were tested on 40 randomly selected vertebral images.

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Tamar Sandor, Willi A. Kalender, William B . Hanlon, Barbara N. Weissman, and Calvin Rumbaugh "Spinal Bone Mineral Determination Using Automated Contour Detection: Application To Single And Dual Energy CT", Proc. SPIE 0555, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85, (19 September 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949493

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