Curtis W Hayes

US Patent:

8126249, Feb 28, 2012

Filed:

Feb 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/369324

Inventors:

Alan Brett - Manchester, GB
Jane Haslam - Bucks, GB
Curtis Hayes - Midlothian VA, US
Joel Krasnow - Wyckoff NJ, US
Cornelis Van Kuijk - Baarn, NL
Colin Miller - Churchville PA, US

Assignee:

Optasia Medical Limited - Cheadle

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06G 7/48

US Classification:

382132, 382282, 382286, 600425, 600594

Abstract:

A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra.