DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPOROSIS

摘要

Provided is a device for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. A device for assisting in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the device has an outline extraction unit for extracting a mandibular bone outline from an image of a mandibular cortical bone captured by an imaging device for capturing an image of the mandibular cortical bone and the surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit for extracting a line segment from the image of the mandibular cortical bone captured by the imaging device, and a cortical bone state calculator or a cortical bone morphology indicator identification unit for calculating the state of the cortical bone on the basis of the extracted mandibular bone outline and line segment.