A Comparison between the Implant Stability Quotient and the Fractal Dimension of Alveolar Bone at the Implant Site

Figure 1

An intraoral image with marked 35x35 pixels’ ROI in the neck region of implant and steps of ROI image conversion for fractal dimension analysis. Images from left to right: ROI extracted from image; blurred image with 5-pizel Gaussian filter; subtracted and normalized image; conversion into binary image.