Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands : Preliminary Results
Joint Authors
Pierro, Gaetano
Lupsor Platon, Monica
Crisan, Maria
Baciut, Grigore
Sannino, Gianpaolo
Badea, Iulia
Badea, Alexandru Florin
Cattani, Carlo
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The geometry of some medical images of tissues, obtained by elastography and ultrasonography, is characterized in terms of complexity parameters such as the fractal dimension (FD).
It is well known that in any image there are very subtle details that are not easily detectable by the human eye.
However, in many cases like medical imaging diagnosis, these details are very important since they might contain some hidden information about the possible existence of certain pathological lesions like tissue degeneration, inflammation, or tumors.
Therefore, an automatic method of analysis could be an expedient tool for physicians to give a faultless diagnosis.
The fractal analysis is of great importance in relation to a quantitative evaluation of “real-time” elastography, a procedure considered to be operator dependent in the current clinical practice.
Mathematical analysis reveals significant discrepancies among normal and pathological image patterns.
The main objective of our work is to demonstrate the clinical utility of this procedure on an ultrasound image corresponding to a submandibular diffuse pathology.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Badea, Alexandru Florin& Lupsor Platon, Monica& Crisan, Maria& Cattani, Carlo& Badea, Iulia& Pierro, Gaetano…[et al.]. 2013. Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands : Preliminary Results. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Badea, Alexandru Florin…[et al.]. Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands : Preliminary Results. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464631
American Medical Association (AMA)
Badea, Alexandru Florin& Lupsor Platon, Monica& Crisan, Maria& Cattani, Carlo& Badea, Iulia& Pierro, Gaetano…[et al.]. Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands : Preliminary Results. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464631
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-464631