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  • Title: Recursive hierarchic segmentation analysis of bone mineral density changes on digital panoramic images.
    Author: Lurie A, Tosoni GM, Tsimikas J, Walker F.
    Journal: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol; 2012 Apr; 113(4):549-58.e1. PubMed ID: 22668434.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to demonstrate that histogram analysis and mathematical modeling of digital panoramic images (DPIs) processed using recursive hierarchic segmentation (RHSEG) discriminates normal, osteopenic, and osteoporotic cancellous bone. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-seven DPIs of postmenopausal women were grouped into normal, osteopenic, and osteoporotic; dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry was the reference standard. RHSEG of the mandibular angle and canine/premolar trabecular regions of interest was performed. After histogram and histogram bin analysis and generation of relative intensity functions, generalized linear mixed model analysis was used to model the data and likelihood ratio testing used to assess group differences. RESULTS: Histogram analyses discriminated among the groups. Receiver operating characteristic analysis of the canine/premolar data yielded area-under-the-curve accuracies of 0.78 for osteoporosis and 0.74 for osteopenia. Discrimination of osteoporosis required cubic analysis, discrimination of osteopenia required quartic analysis, and neither model alone discriminated among all groups. CONCLUSIONS: Analyses and mathematical modeling of mandibular trabecular bone on RHSEG-processed DPIs discriminated normal, osteoporotic, and osteopenic patients.
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