Application of temporal subtraction for detection of interval changes on chest radiographs: Improvement of subtraction images using automated initial image matching

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-86

  Ishida, Takayuki ^a   Ashizawa, Kazuto ^a   Engelmann, Roger ^a   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGE MATCHING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0032588503     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168846     Document Type: Article

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