Sylvester, A.D., Garofalo, E. and Ruff, C. (2010) Technical note: an R program for automating bone cross section reconstruction. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142(4), pp. 665-669. (doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21299)
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Abstract
Many recent studies have used long bone cross-sectional geometric properties in various comparative analyses. Methods have been described for reconstructing diaphyseal cross sections from external molds and biplanar radiographs that produce accurate results (within 5% of true values on average). The manual image processing required, however, is both time and labor intensive. A new freely available program developed here for the computational freeware, R, automates much of the process. This study compares cross-sectional properties calculated using the new R program to those from peripheral quantitative CT (pQCT) and the original manual method. We find that the R program works aswell as the original manual image processing for most cross sections eliminates the chance for entry errors at several steps and greatly speeds up data collection.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sylvester, Dr Adam |
| Authors: | Sylvester, A.D., Garofalo, E., and Ruff, C. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Life Sciences |
| Journal Name: | American Journal of Physical Anthropology |
| ISSN: | 0002-9483 |
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