Fractal Texture Analysis in the Irregular Region of Interest of the Healing Process Using Guided Bone Regeneration

Borowska, Marta; Oczeretko, Edward; Szarmach, Janusz

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06593-9_10

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 35 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Wagle et al [20] used fractal analysis to quantify the complex morphology of PDL-bone interface. In our investigations [10,21], fractal analysis was used in the case of the healing process after bone loss. During the healing process after bone loss, the surfaces of radiographic images became smooth.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fractal dimension in textures analysis of xenotransplants

Borowska

Borys

Szarmach

et al. 2017

SIViP

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the healing process in postresectal and postcystal bone loss cases using techniques guided bone regeneration, observed within 1-year-long period. Radiographic images of 20 patients (17 females and 8 males) who had undergone xenotransplantation to fill jawbone losses were analyzed. The combination therapy of intraosseous deficits following xenotransplantation consisted of bone augmentation with xenogenic material together with covering regenerative membranes and tight wound closure. The bone regeneration process was estimated comparing the images taken on the day of the surgery and 12 months later, by means of digital radiography set Kodak RVG 6100. The interpretation of the RVG image depends on the assessment ability of the eye looking at it, which gives a large margin of uncertainty. Areas of interest were separated from radiographic images and binarized. On the basis of those fragments, box-counting dimension (D B ) and information dimension (D I ) were calculated. fractal dimension equals 1.0 right after the surgery and 1.6 after a year after the bone treatment, and we could use image segmentation to efficiently find fragments where this value differs from those acquired in the course of tests and quicken diagnostics of irregularities in bone tissue regeneration.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%