Wu Jie, Davuluri Pavani, Ward Kevin R, Cockrell Charles, Hobson Rosalyn, Najarian Kayvan
Department of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
Int J Biomed Imaging. 2012;2012:327198. doi: 10.1155/2012/327198. Epub 2012 Jan 4.
Fracture detection in pelvic bones is vital for patient diagnostic decisions and treatment planning in traumatic pelvic injuries. Manual detection of bone fracture from computed tomography (CT) images is very challenging due to low resolution of the images and the complex pelvic structures. Automated fracture detection from segmented bones can significantly help physicians analyze pelvic CT images and detect the severity of injuries in a very short period. This paper presents an automated hierarchical algorithm for bone fracture detection in pelvic CT scans using adaptive windowing, boundary tracing, and wavelet transform while incorporating anatomical information. Fracture detection is performed on the basis of the results of prior pelvic bone segmentation via our registered active shape model (RASM). The results are promising and show that the method is capable of detecting fractures accurately.
骨盆骨折检测对于创伤性骨盆损伤患者的诊断决策和治疗规划至关重要。由于计算机断层扫描(CT)图像分辨率低以及骨盆结构复杂,通过手动从CT图像中检测骨折极具挑战性。从分割后的骨骼中自动检测骨折可以显著帮助医生在极短时间内分析骨盆CT图像并检测损伤的严重程度。本文提出了一种在骨盆CT扫描中使用自适应窗口、边界追踪和小波变换并结合解剖学信息的自动分层骨折检测算法。通过我们的注册主动形状模型(RASM),基于先前骨盆骨分割的结果进行骨折检测。结果很有前景,表明该方法能够准确检测骨折。