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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
Quantifying the regeneration of bone tissue in biomedical images
via Legendre moments
José A. Lachiondo & Manuel Ujaldón
Computer Architecture Department, University of Malaga, Spain
Regina Berretta & Pablo Moscato
Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-based Medicine,
University of Newcastle, Australia
ABSTRACT: We investigate the use of Legendre moments as biomarkers for an efficient and accurate
classification of bone tissue on images coming from stem cell regeneration studies. Regions of either
existing bone, cartilage or new bone-forming cells are characterized at tile ...