@InProceedings{SilvaOlabDietSchm:2001:DeSiSk,
               author = "Silva, Ana Maria Marques da and Olabarriaga, S{\'{\i}}lvia 
                         Delgado and Dietrich, Carlos Augusto and Schmitz, Carlos 
                         Andr{\'e} Aita",
                title = "On determining a signature for skeletal maturity",
            booktitle = "Proceedings...",
                 year = "2001",
               editor = "Borges, Leandro D{\'{\i}}bio and Wu, Shin-Ting",
                pages = "246--251",
         organization = "Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 14. 
                         (SIBGRAPI)",
            publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
              address = "Los Alamitos",
                 note = "The conference was held in Florian{\'o}polis, SC, Brazil, from 
                         October 15 to 18.",
             keywords = "space, medical imaging, signature.",
             abstract = "In this paper we present a computational framework for 
                         semi-automated assessment of skeletal age based on a multi-scale 
                         image analysis approach. Through 2D digital X-ray images of the 
                         left hand, maturity indicators are searched by means of a two-step 
                         process: the user interactively indicates a point inside the 
                         middle finger, and the computational method analyzes the image 
                         intensity profile along this line, searching for physiological 
                         signatures related to different epiphyseal events(ossification, 
                         cartilage stage, early fusion and complete fusion). A scale-space 
                         approach is used to select the best scale to enhance the edges 
                         between the bones and soft tissues. Initial results indicate that 
                         this approach could be useful to facilitate the analysis of growth 
                         disorders in pediatrics.",
  conference-location = "Florian{\'o}polis, SC, Brazil",
      conference-year = "15-18 Oct. 2001",
                  doi = "10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2001.963062",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2001.963062",
             language = "en",
         organisation = "SBC - Brazilian Computer Society",
                  ibi = "6qtX3pFwXQZeBBx/wmaKx",
                  url = "http://urlib.net/ibi/6qtX3pFwXQZeBBx/wmaKx",
           targetfile = "246-251.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "2024, Apr. 28"
}