Quantitative analysis and fracture detection of pelvic bone X-ray images

Abstract

Today bone fractures are very common in our country because of road accidents or through other injuries. The X-Ray images are the most common accessibility of peoples during the accidents. But the minute fracture detection in X-Ray image is not possible due to low resolution and quality of the original X-Ray image. The complexity of bone structure and the difference in visual characteristics of fracture by their location. So it is difficult to accurately detect and locate the fractures also determine the severity of the injury. The automatic detection of fractures in X-Ray images is a significant contribution for assisting the physicians in making faster and more accurate patient diagnostic decisions and treatment planning. In this paper, an automatic hierarchical algorithm for detecting bone fracture in X-Ray image is proposed. It uses the Gray level cooccurrence matrix for detecting the fracture. The results are promising, demonstrating that the proposed method is capable of automatically detecting both major and minor fractures accurately, and shows potential for clinical application. Statistical results also indicate the superiority of the proposed methods compared to other techniques. This paper examines the development of such a system, for the detection of long-bone fractures. This project fully employed MATLAB 7.8.0 (.r2009a) as the programming tool for loading image, image processing and user interface development. Results obtained demonstrate the performance of the pelvic bone fracture detection system with some limitations.