Determination of early bone metastasis on Bone Scans Using the Gray Levels Histogram



Título del documento: Determination of early bone metastasis on Bone Scans Using the Gray Levels Histogram
Revista: Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000447677
ISSN: 0188-9532
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca. México
2Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Optica y Electrónica, Coordinación de Optica, Tonantzintla, Puebla. México
3Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicomatemáticas, Puebla. México
4Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Facultad de Ciencias de la Computación, Puebla. México
Año:
Periodo: May-Ago
Volumen: 42
Número: 2
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés The aim of this paper is to show a technique to speed up the interpretation of bone scans in order to determine the presence of early bone metastasis. This is done using the gray levels histogram of the region of interest. The technique is intended to assist in the bone scans interpretation in order to provide a successful diagnosis. During the analysis, three types of histograms were observed on the regions of interest. If the histogram is narrow and shifted toward the origin, the bone scan is free of metastasis. If it is shifted to the right and slightly broadened, indicates the presence of a bone anomaly different from a metastasis. On the other hand, if the histogram is more broadened and shifted to the right, is suggests the presence of metastasis. This histogram is characterized by displaying small curls on the right side providing information about the metastatic disease stage, which could be low-amplitude peaks and have a short length, if the metastasis is in early stage, or high-amplitude peaks and a long length, if is advanced. Finally, the analyzed region is displayed in false color considering the minimum gray levels observed in the histogram
Disciplinas: Medicina,
Ciencias de la computación
Palabras clave: Oncología,
Diagnóstico,
Procesamiento de imágenes,
Imágenes digitales,
Metástasis ósea,
Gamagrama óseo
Keyword: Oncology,
Image processing,
Digital images,
Bone scan,
Bone metastasis
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