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An analysis of muscles from ultrasound image using morphological information of fascia and thoracic vertebra

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In this paper, we propose a new fully computerized image analysis method for measuring the thickness of muscles from ultrasound image obtained by muscle endurance test using morphological information of fascia and thoracic vertebra. Firstly, we divide the image into lumbar region and thoracolumbar region by the difference of density in image for measuring the thickness of muscles. In lumbar region, we notice that the intensity of fascia is relatively higher than other parts. Thus, we measure the thickness of muscles surrounding the fascia area. In the process, we apply median filter to candidate fascia areas for extracting candidate muscle layers between fascias. Then, the thickness of muscles we measure is that of the third layer. In thoracolumbar region, we apply region expansion method for classifying the region into subcutaneous fat part and part including thoracic vertebra. Then, we apply counting method and evolutionary computation search model to find the measuring location that is in between subcutaneous fat area and thoracic vertebra. In experiment, the proposed method is effective in measuring the thickness of muscles and avoids failures of previous studies. The performance of this approach is sufficiently comparable to that of medical experts.

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This study was supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs, Republic of Korea (0920050).

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Silla University, 140 Baegyang-daero(Blvd) 700 beon-gil(Rd), Sasang-gu, Busan, 617-736, Korea

    Kwang Baek Kim

  2. Department of Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon 2-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 609-735, Korea

    Hyun Jun Park

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Ami-dong 1-ga, Seo-gu, Busan, 602-739, Korea

    Gwang Ha Kim

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Kim, K.B., Park, H.J. & Kim, G.H. An analysis of muscles from ultrasound image using morphological information of fascia and thoracic vertebra. Multimed Tools Appl 71, 931–945 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-013-1773-5

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