Detection of Osteoporosis Using Fractal Method Based on Fourier Analysis of Hand Bone Image

This study applies the method of fractal-based 2D Fourier transform to determine an image of osteoporosis or normal based on the dimensions and intercept of the X ray image hand bones. The first step is to create a program to determine the dimensions and the intercept of image. It is determined by using a fractal method based on 2D Fourier transform. Testing the success of the program is done by input X ray image of the hand bones. The result shows that the program testing 2D Fourier transforms can be applied to determine the dimensions and intercept of the hand bones image. The classification of the normal and osteoporosis images is based on the dimensions and intercept values. Normal image has dimension <1.4 and intercept value > 34, osteoporosis image has dimension >1.4 and intercept value <34. Dimensional of osteoporosis image have higher than normal image but the normal image density is higher than the osteoporosis image. Classification results quite effectively to help diagnose osteoporosis.