The thickness measurement of alive human skull based on CT image.
- Author:
Haiyan LI
1
;
Shijie RUAN
;
Xiang PENG
;
Zhonghua XIE
;
Hao WANG
;
Wenling LIU
Author Information
1. National Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrumentation, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. lihaiyan@tust.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Cephalometry;
methods;
Humans;
Radiographic Image Enhancement;
methods;
Skull;
anatomy & histology;
diagnostic imaging;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2007;24(5):964-980
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This study sought to measure accurately the thickness of the frontal, parietal and occipital bones of the alive human skull based on CT images. The images were treated with a series of processes by coding into a program: image segmentation and binary coding; eliminating edge interference; rectifying image deviation and clarifying boundary edge; redrawing the boundary and reference point fixing; and finally thickness measurement. The new method can measure not only the different points in one CT image but also the same point in massive CT images. The measurement results are of great practical value in the fields of anatomy, clinical medicine, biomechanics study, head injury analysis, etc.
