| Literature DB >> 23366918 |
Kirk Smith1, David Politte, Gregory Reiker, Tracy S Nolan, Charles Hildebolt, Chelsea Mattson, Don Tucker, Fred Prior, Sergei Turovets, Linda J Larson-Prior.
Abstract
Skull thickness and density measures of normal pediatric crania would inform multiple disciplines including neurosurgery, optical and magnetoelectrophysiological imaging, and biomechanical modeling of head trauma. We report on a new method for automated extraction of in vivo skull thickness and density measures of pediatric crania based on x-ray computed tomography scans (CT). Data were obtained from a clinical image repository for pediatric populations in whom no pathology was noted. Skull thickness and density measures were systematically obtained across the calvarium. We find a set of measures that correlated with physiological age that are likely to prove useful in multiple disciplines.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 23366918 PMCID： PMC4559077 DOI： 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346957
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc ISSN： 1557-170X