Hi all,
One of my interns just completed her senior (high school) thesis on finding differences between male vs female rib morphology in chest X-rays.
This is relevant to the recent HBISS talk on SpaceXray data
The data in this project – which is still ongoing b/c another intern will take over – will be a useful baseline to measure future chest X-rays from space missions, even for small sample sizes. This presentation only discusses a small fraction of the data.
[Video: 15 min] The LCPC Transform Objectively Quantities Male vs Female Rib Morphology in Chest X-rays
Slides in the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RiIPtfiLgt-F6lsv0I8PQLTzwngJ_GXN/view?usp=sharing
Here is the formal description of the method:
Nguyen, D.H., Bruck, M., Rosenbluth, J.M. A Shape Analysis Algorithm Quantifies Spatial Morphology and Context of 2D to 3D Cell Culture for Novel Quantitation of Phenotypes. J. Vis. Exp. (233), e71066, doi:10.3791/71066. (2026).
[A free PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qq4SV294ScX_gNTQ8RRedSLYBH-E6rF/view?usp=sharing\]