Image processing and analysis of muscle of frail elderly using MRI

• Main Author: Nanda Meenachi Sundram
• Other Authors: Poh Chueh Loo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53706
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sarcopenia is a syndrome associated with aging, characterized as the loss of muscle mass and function. Despite studies pointing to Sarcopenia’s prevalence congruent with loss of muscle mass, using this as the only indicator could be futile. Therefore, in this project, MRI images of normal and frail...