Medical image processing and analysis of MRI images for sarcopenia detection

• Main Author: Mohan, Divya
• Other Authors: Poh Chueh Loo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65058
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sarcopenia is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass (0.5–1.0% loss per year after the age of 50), quality, and strength associated with aging. It is characterized initially by muscle atrophy (a decrease in the size of the muscle), along with a reduction in muscle tissue quality, evident from...