Skeletal growth estimation using radiographic image processing and analysis.

An automated knowledge-based vision system for skeletal growth estimation in children is reported in this paper. Images were obtained from hand radiographs of 32 male and 25 female children of age 1-16 yr. Phalanx bones were automatically localized and segmented using hierarchical inferences and act...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 4, 4 (2000).
Main Author:	Mahmoodi, S.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bayesian estimator. Phalanx bones. Active shape models. Feature vector. Female children. Hierarchical inference. Image analysis. Image segmentation. Knowledge-based vision system. Male children. Pediatric medicine. Radiographic image processing. Regression model. Shape descriptors. Skeletal growth estimation.