Multifractal-based lacunarity analysis of trabecular bone in radiography.

This study presents textural characterization techniques for effective osteoporosis diagnosis using bone radiograph images. The automatic classification of osteoporosis and healthy (control) cases using bone radiograph images in this work presents a major challenge as the images show no visual differences for both cases. The proposed work utilizes multifractals to characterize the trabecular bone texture in the radiographs.