Fully automated algorithm for the segmentation of the middle and proximal phalanges of digitized hand radiographs

Jeffrey W. Duryea; Yebin Jiang M.D.; Peter Countryman; Harry K. Genant

doi:10.1117/12.310828

24 June 1998 Fully automated algorithm for the segmentation of the middle and proximal phalanges of digitized hand radiographs

Jeffrey W. Duryea, Yebin Jiang M.D., Peter Countryman, Harry K. Genant

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Proceedings Volume 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310828
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand can be characterized and assessed by the narrowing of the phalangeal joint spaces. These are ordinarily scored semi-quantitatively by a radiologist using radiographs of the hand. Software which delineates and measures the joint spaces would be a useful tool for diagnosis. The first part of such an algorithm has been developed which segments and identifies eight individual bones on digitized hand radiographs: the middle and proximal phalanges of the 2nd to 5th digits. The software also determines the locations of the distal interphalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and metacarpophalangeal joint spaces for each digit.

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Jeffrey W. Duryea, Yebin Jiang M.D., Peter Countryman, and Harry K. Genant "Fully automated algorithm for the segmentation of the middle and proximal phalanges of digitized hand radiographs", Proc. SPIE 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, (24 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310828

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