Diagnosis of Osteoporosis using modified U-net architecture with attention unit in DEXA and X-ray images.

Journal: Journal of X-ray science and technology
Published Date: Jan 1, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis, a silent killing disease of fracture risk, is normally determined based on the bone mineral density (BMD) and T-score values measured in bone. However, development of standard algorithms for accurate segmentation and BMD measurement from X-ray images is a challenge in the medical field.

Authors

  • S M Nazia Fathima
    Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, Tamilnadu, India.
  • R Tamilselvi
    Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, Tamilnadu, India.
  • M Parisa Beham
    Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, Tamilnadu, India.
  • D Sabarinathan
    Couger Inc., Tokyo, Japan.

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