TY - GEN
T1 - Quantification of the bone healing process using information of B-mode ultrasound image
AU - Al-Nashash, Hasan
AU - Mir, Hasan
AU - Al-Marzouqi, Shaikha
AU - Al-Kendi, Shaikha
AU - Khalaf, Kinda
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Ultrasound provides a promising non-invasive, safe, objective means of monitoring and quantifying bone healing. In this paper, the relationship between the ultrasound image intensity and the acoustic impedance was exploited to develop a quantitative measure towards assessment and monitoring of the bone healing process. Information theoretic criterion (KLD) was used to quantify the degree of bone healing using the intensity histogram of the callus region obtained from B-Mode ultrasound. Results from a pilot experimental study, show that the proposed method is capable of accurately quantifying the degree of bone healing.
AB - Ultrasound provides a promising non-invasive, safe, objective means of monitoring and quantifying bone healing. In this paper, the relationship between the ultrasound image intensity and the acoustic impedance was exploited to develop a quantitative measure towards assessment and monitoring of the bone healing process. Information theoretic criterion (KLD) was used to quantify the degree of bone healing using the intensity histogram of the callus region obtained from B-Mode ultrasound. Results from a pilot experimental study, show that the proposed method is capable of accurately quantifying the degree of bone healing.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880947551&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346952
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346952
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23366913
AN - SCOPUS:84880947551
SN - 9781424441198
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
SP - 4442
EP - 4445
BT - 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012
T2 - 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2012
Y2 - 28 August 2012 through 1 September 2012
ER -