MR Imaging and Osteoporosis Fractal Lacunarity Analysis of Trabecular Bone.

We develop a method of magnetic resonance (MR) image analysis able to provide parameter(s) sensitive to bone microarchitecture changes in aging, and to osteoporosis onset and progression. The method has been built taking into account fractal properties of many anatomic and physiologic structures. Fr...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 10, 3 (2006).
Main Author:	Zaia, A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	MR imaging. Aging. Anatomic structure. Bone microarchitecture. Fractal lacunarity analysis. Fractal properties. Healthy perimenopaused patient. Healthy young patient. Hyperbola model function. Least squares problem. Lumbar vertebra. Magnetic resonance image analysis. Osteoporosis. Osteoporotic patient. Trabecular bone structure.