Medical image processing and analysis of MRI images for Sarcopenia detection

• Main Author: Goh, Ying Hong
• Other Authors: Poh Chueh Loo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68428
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sarcopenia is characterized as the degenerative loss of muscle mass and function and it is associated with several major age-related clinical conditions. The reduction in muscle size could be characterized by the replacement of muscle fibers with fats and is systematically occurring throughout the s...