Enhancement of hidden structures of early skin fibrosis using polarization degree patterns and Pearson correlation analysis

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Sviridov, Alexander P ^a,b   Chernomordik, Victor ^a   Hassan, Moinuddin ^a   Boccara, Albert C ^c   Russo, Angelo ^a   Smith, Paul ^a   Gandjbakhche, Amir ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Pattern recognition; Pearson correlation analysis; Polarized light; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SKIN; X RAY OPTICS;

PEARSON CORRELATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION DEGREE PATTERNS; SKIN FIBROSIS; X-RAY IRRADIATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FIBROSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; RADIODERMATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645452036     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2073727     Document Type: Article

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