Diagnosis of osteoporosis from dental panoramic radiographs using the support vector machine method in a computer-aided system

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Early diagnosis of osteoporosis can potentially decrease the risk of fractures and improve the quality of life. Detection of thin inferior cortices of the mandible on dental panoramic radiographs could be useful for identifying postm...

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Main Authors: Kavitha M S, Asano Akira, Taguchi Akira, Kurita Takio, Sanada Mitsuhiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Imaging
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2342/12/1