Visual enhancement of micro CT bone density images

John S. DaPonte; Michael Clark; Megan Damon; Rebecca Kamins; Thomas Sadowski; Charles Tirrell

doi:10.1117/12.602124

25 May 2005 Visual enhancement of micro CT bone density images

John S. DaPonte, Michael Clark, Megan Damon, Rebecca Kamins, Thomas Sadowski, Charles Tirrell

Proceedings Volume 5817, Visual Information Processing XIV; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602124
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The primary goal of this research was to provide image processing support to aid in the identification of those subjects most affected by bone loss when exposed to weightlessness and provide insight into the causes for large variability. Past research has demonstrated that genetically distinct strains of mice exhibit different degrees of bone loss when subjected to simulated weightlessness. Bone loss is quantified by in vivo computed tomography (CT) imaging. The first step in evaluating bone density is to segment gray scale images into separate regions of bone and background. Two of the most common methods for implementing image segmentation are thresholding and edge detection. Thresholding is generally considered the simplest segmentation process which can be obtained by having a user visually select a threshold using a sliding scale. This is a highly subjective process with great potential for variation from one observer to another. One way to reduce inter-observer variability is to have several users independently set the threshold and average their results but this is a very time consuming process. A better approach is to apply an objective adaptive technique such as the Riddler / Calvard method. In our study we have concluded that thresholding was better than edge detection and pre-processing these images with an iterative deconvolution algorithm prior to adaptive thresholding yields superior visualization when compared with images that have not been pre-processed or images that have been pre-processed with a filter.

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John S. DaPonte, Michael Clark, Megan Damon, Rebecca Kamins, Thomas Sadowski, and Charles Tirrell "Visual enhancement of micro CT bone density images", Proc. SPIE 5817, Visual Information Processing XIV, (25 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602124

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