Shamir L. A computer analysis method for correlating knee X-rays with continuous indicators.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2011;
6:699-704. [PMID:
21373920 DOI:
10.1007/s11548-011-0550-z]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE
To develop an image analysis method that can automatically find correlations between a set of plain radiographs and continuous clinical or physiological indicators.
METHODS
Knee X-rays taken from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging are used in this study. The computer analysis method is based on the WND-CHARM image feature set filtered by using the Pearson correlation of each feature with the continuous variable, and the estimated value is determined by a weighted nearest neighbor interpolation.
RESULTS
Experimental results using 300 radiographs show that the proposed method can correlate knee X-rays with physiological indicators such as sex, age, height, weight, and BMI. For instance, the Pearson correlation between the X-ray images and the height and weight were 0.59 and 0.62, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
Using computer analysis, X-ray images can be correlated to continuous physiological variables that might not have a direct and straightforward link to the visual content of the radiograph. This approach of radiology image analysis can be used in population studies for detecting biomarkers and also in genome-wide association studies for studying the link between genes and anatomy.
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