Abstract
We describe improvements to a method of detecting patients at risk of osteoporosis from automatic measurement of the inferior mandibular cortex on panoramic dental tomograms. Previous work had used an Active Shape Model (ASM) to locate the mandibular edges. However, the edge-based ASM has little lateral positioning information and in osteoporotic cases the superior border is often poorly defined. These problems can degrade the accuracy of the measurements of cortical width. We have obtained superior accuracy using an Active Appearance Model incorporating a complex texture model derived from an osteoporotic- enriched training set. This leads to improvements in diagnostic accuracy, when applied to a large dataset of 663 subjects with known Bone Mineral Density. © 2010 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings|IEEE Int. Symp. Biomed. Imaging: Nano Macro, ISBI - Proc. |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 440-443 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781424441266 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Rotterdam Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 |
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| City | Rotterdam |
| Period | 1/07/10 → … |
Keywords
- Active Appearance Model
- Active Shape Model
- Dental radiographs
- Image segmentation
- Osteoporosis
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Producing innovative diagnostic software/products for the earlier identification of dental decay and other potential problems (Spin out company Manchester Imaging Ltd)
Devlin, H. (Corresponding participant), Horner, K. (Participant) & Graham, J. (Participant)
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