Method and System for Detection of Bone Fractures (LEOW WK 04)
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Technology Overview This invention is a computerised system for automated screening and detection of bone fractures in digital X-ray images. Doctors in hospitals manually inspect a large number of X-ray images for fractures everyday. This process is tedious and time-consuming. A tired radiologist could miss a fracture image among many healthy ones. This invention screens X-ray images for suspicious cases to alert doctors. For more information on this technology contact: |
Femurs correctly classified as fractured
Femurs correctly classified as healthy
Development Status Technology Readiness Level 4 on the scale by the Ministry of Defence Singapore. About the Research Group Dr. LEOW Wee Kheng is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, NUS. His main research interests are in computer vision, medical image analysis and human motion analysis. |