A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE BONE QUALITY OR SKELETAL STATUS OF A VERTEBRATE

摘要

A method for estimating the bone quality, or skeletal status of a vertebrate on the basis of two-dimensional image data of cortical bone, and which is determined from a density variation of the cortical bone. Intra cortical resorption, scalloping, spongiosation, striation, periosteal resorption, and/or endosteal resorption caused by osteoporosis, osteopenia or hyperparathyroidism may be determined as oblong density variations detected by filtering the image data with two oblong Gaussian kernels (using a Difference Of Gaussian technique) or at corresponding frequencies in the power spectrum.