A fully automated algorithm for the segmentation of the middle and proximal phalanges of digitized hand radiographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 1036-1046

  Duryea, Jeffrey W ^a   Jiang, Yebin ^a   Countryman, Peter ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Hand radiography; Joint space; Rheumatoid arthritis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT SPACE; METACARPO-PHALANGEAL JOINTS; PHALANGEAL JOINTS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0007668298     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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