Comparison of two interpolation methods for empirical mode decomposition based evaluation of radiographic femur bone images

• Autorzy: Udhayakumar G. , Sujatha C. M. , Ramakrishnan S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Analysis of bone strength in radiographic images is an important component of estimation of bone quality in diseases such as osteoporosis. Conventional radiographic femur bone images are used to analyze its architecture using bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition method. Surface interpolation of local maxima and minima points of an image is a crucial part of bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition method and the choice of appropriate interpolation depends on specific structure of the problem. In this work, two interpolation methods of bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition are analyzed to characterize the trabecular femur bone architecture of radiographic images. The trabecular bone regions of normal and osteoporotic femur bone images (N = 40) recorded under standard condition are used for this study. The compressive and tensile strength regions of the images are delineated using pre-processing procedures. The delineated images are decomposed into their corresponding intrinsic mode functions using interpolation methods such as Radial basis function multiquadratic and hierarchical b-spline techniques. Results show that bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition analyses using both interpolations are able to represent architectural variations of femur bone radiographic images. As the strength of the bone depends on architectural variation in addition to bone mass, this study seems to be clinically useful.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

anisotropy; bone mineral density; hierarchical b-spline; intrinsic mode function; radial basis function multiquadratic; trabecular soft bone; texture analysis

PL

anizotropia; gęstość mineralna kości; analiza tekstury

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 2
• Strony: 73--80
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Udhayakumar G.

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anna University, India

autor

Sujatha C. M.

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anna University, India

autor

Ramakrishnan S.

• Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, India

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