Detection of skin line in computed radiographs for improved tone scale

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3034, Issue , 1997, Pages 1114-1123

  Senn, Robert A ^a   Barski, Lori L ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Computed radiography; Least squares fitting; Pattern recognition; Skin line detection; Tone scale

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHS; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHS; GAUSSIAN MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; LEAST SQUARES FITTING; LINE PROFILES; LINE TRANSITIONS; SCALING ALGORITHMS; TONE SCALE;

SKIN;

EID: 0345439302     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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