Software system for computing material and structural properties of bone and muscle in the lower extremity from pQCT

Sokratis Makrogiannis; Luigi Ferrucci

doi:10.1117/12.2050790

Software system for computing material and structural properties of bone and muscle in the lower extremity from pQCT

Sokratis Makrogiannis, Luigi Ferrucci

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Abstract

Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) is a non-invasive imaging technology that is well-suited for quantification of bone structural and material properties. Because of its increasing use and applicability, the development of automated quantification methods for pQCT images is an appealing field of research. In this paper we introduce a software system for hard and soft tissue quantification in the lower leg using pQCT imaging data. The main stages of our approach are the segmentation and identification of bone, muscle and fat, and the computation of densitometric and geometric variables of each regional tissue type. Our system was validated against reference area and densitometric measurements over a set of test images and produced encouraging results.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9112
ISBN (Print)	9781628410495
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050790
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, and Environmental Monitoring IV - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: May 5 2014 → May 7 2014

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Other	Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, and Environmental Monitoring IV
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	5/5/14 → 5/7/14

Keywords

image segmentation
pQCT
tissue quantification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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Makrogiannis, S & Ferrucci, L 2014, Software system for computing material and structural properties of bone and muscle in the lower extremity from pQCT. in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 9112, 911216, SPIE, Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, and Environmental Monitoring IV, Baltimore, MD, United States, 5/5/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050790

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