An algorithm for segmenting chest radiographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1001, Issue , 1988, Pages 261-268

  Cheng, Dexin ^a   Goldberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; GREY LEVEL HISTOGRAM; HORIZONTAL EDGE; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; RECTANGULAR FRAME; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; THRESHOLD-VALUE; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0007259151     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.968961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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