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Local Texture Anisotropy as an Estimate of Muscle Quality in Ultrasound Imaging
- Source :
- Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Elsevier, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Elsevier, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2018.
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Abstract
- International audience; This study introduces local pattern texture anisotropy as a novel parameter to differentiate healthy and disordered muscle and to gauge the severity of muscle impairments based on B-mode ultrasound images. Preliminary human results are also presented. A local pattern texture anisotropy index (TAI) was computed in one region of interest in the short head of the biceps brachii. The effects of gain settings and box sizes required for TAI computation were investigated. Between-day reliability was studied in patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (n = 26). The ability of the TAI to discriminate dystrophic from healthy muscle was evaluated in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and healthy controls (n = 16). TAI values were compared with a gray-scale index (GSI). TAI values were less influenced by gain settings than were GSI values. TAI had lower between-day variability (typical error = 2.3%) compared with GSI (typical error = 2.3% vs. 8.3%, respectively). Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy had lower TAIs than controls (0.76 ± 0.06 vs. 0.87 ± 0.03, respectively, p
- Subjects :
- Male
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Quantitative muscle ultrasound
[SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Local pattern texture anisotropy
Biophysics
Biceps
Muscle dystrophy
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Echogenicity
Region of interest
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Texture (crystalline)
Muscle, Skeletal
Anisotropy
Ultrasonography
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
Muscle quality
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
business.industry
Ultrasound
Reproducibility of Results
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
humanities
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Texture analysis
Female
Inclusion body myositis
Nuclear medicine
business
human activities
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03015629
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Elsevier, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Elsevier, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2018, 44 (5), pp.1133-1140. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.017⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e8d9366a2eb0e032ba39772b9fd942df