Development of an automated 12-8 bit conversion algorithm for displaying and archiving scanned radiographs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Hornof, William J ^a   Ballance, Dennis W ^a   Nyland, Thomas G ^a   Koblik, Phillip D ^a   Crabb Hartman, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image display; Histogram equalization; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 0033087446     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01906.x     Document Type: Article

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