The Influence of Age on Morphometric and Textural Vertebrae Features in Lateral Cervical Spine Radiographs

This article presents research on the relationship between age on one hand and morphometric and textural features of vertebrae in lateral cervical spine radiographs on the other. Images were collected for 93 men and 88 women as a population sample. Regions of interest were marked on each image and analyzed using the MaZda software. Statistical analysis identified features that are correlated significantly with age. The strongest correlations were found for equivalent ellipsoid diameter in the case of morphometry, and LBP, GLCM, and GRLM for textures. The influence on the results of image formats, color depth and gender is also discussed.