Computer-aided system for measuring the mandibular cortical width on panoramic radiographs in osteoporosis diagnosis

Agus Zainal Arifin; Akira Asano; Akira Taguchi D.D.S.; Takashi Nakamoto D.D.S.; Masahiko Ohtsuka D.D.S.; Keiji Tanimoto D.D.S.

doi:10.1117/12.594458

29 April 2005 Computer-aided system for measuring the mandibular cortical width on panoramic radiographs in osteoporosis diagnosis

Agus Zainal Arifin, Akira Asano, Akira Taguchi D.D.S., Takashi Nakamoto D.D.S., Masahiko Ohtsuka D.D.S., Keiji Tanimoto D.D.S.

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Proceedings Volume 5747, Medical Imaging 2005: Image Processing; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.594458
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Osteoporotic fractures are associated with substantial morbidity, increased medical cost and high mortality risk. Several equipments of bone assessment have been developed to identify individuals, especially postmenopausal women, with high risk of osteoporotic fracture; however, a large segment of women with low skeletal bone mineral density (BMD), namely women with high risk of osteoporotic fractures, cannot be identified sufficiently because osteoporosis is asymptomatic. Recent studies have been demonstrating that mandibular inferior cortical width manually measured on panoramic radiographs may be useful for the identification of women with low BMD. Automatic measurement of cortical width may enable us to identify a large number of asymptomatic women with low BMD. The purpose of this study was to develop a computer-aided system for measuring the mandibular cortical width on panoramic radiographs. Initially, oral radiologists determined the region of interest based on the position of mental foramen. Some enhancing image techniques were applied so as to measure the cortical width at the best point. Panoramic radiographs of 100 women who had BMD assessments of the lumbar spine and femoral neck were used to confirm the efficacy of our new system. Cortical width measured with our system was compared with skeletal BMD. There were significant correlation between cortical width measured with our system and skeletal BMD. These correlations were similar with those between cortical width manually measured by the dentist and skeletal BMD. Our results suggest that our new system may be useful for mass screening of osteoporosis.

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Agus Zainal Arifin, Akira Asano, Akira Taguchi D.D.S., Takashi Nakamoto D.D.S., Masahiko Ohtsuka D.D.S., and Keiji Tanimoto D.D.S. "Computer-aided system for measuring the mandibular cortical width on panoramic radiographs in osteoporosis diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 5747, Medical Imaging 2005: Image Processing, (29 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.594458

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