The measurement and analyses of symmetry characteristic of human skull based on CT images.
- Author:
Haiyan LI
1
;
Zhonghua XIE
;
Shijie RUAN
;
Hao WANG
Author Information
1. Biomechanics and Vehicle Safety Engineering Centre, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China. lihaiyan@tust.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Biomechanical Phenomena;
Cephalometry;
methods;
Female;
Humans;
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted;
methods;
Male;
Reference Values;
Skull;
anatomy & histology;
diagnostic imaging;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2009;26(1):34-37
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Two kinds of algorithm have been set forth to estimate the symmetry characteristic of live human skull on CT image. These CT images were treated with a series of processes such as coding into programs, formatting originals, binary coding, rectifying image deviation, detecting boundary edge, and quantitatively measuring the skull symmetry. The statistical analyses of measuring 3000 live human skull images have worked out the ratio and the distribution of the skull symmetry, so that dependable data are provided for establishing the human head injury biomechanics model. The results are of great practical value in the fields of anatomy, clinical medicine, biomechanies study, head injury analysis, etc.
