QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR 3-D BONE MINERAL DENSITY VISUALIZATION AND MONITORING

摘要

A method for reporting bone mineral density values for a patient, the method executed at least in part by a computer includes accessing a 3-D volume image that includes at least bone content and background. A 3-D bone region is automatically segmented from the background to generate a 3-D bone volume image having a plurality of voxels. One or more bone mineral density values are computed from voxel values of the 3-D bone volume image. A 3-D mapping of the one or more computed bone mineral density values is generated and displayed, stored, or transmitted.

主权项

1. A method for reporting bone mineral density values for a patient, executed at least in part by a computer, comprising:
accessing a 3-D volume image that includes at least bone content and background; automatically segmenting a 3-D bone region from the 3-D volume image to generate a 3-D bone volume image having a plurality of voxels, each of the voxels having an image value; computing one or more bone mineral density values from the voxel image values of the 3-D bone volume image; generating a 3-D mapping of the one or more computed bone mineral density values; and displaying, storing, or transmitting the generated 3-D mapping.