Uncertainty handling and propagation in X-ray images analysis systems by means of Random Fuzzy Variables

AMUEM 2008 - IEEE Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation Measurement Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 50-55

  Mencattini, Arianna ^a,b   Rabottino, Giulia ^b   Salicone, Simona ^a,c   Salmeri, Marcello ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medical image processing; Noise estimation; Random fuzzy variables; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION SYSTEM; CONTRAST-ENHANCEMENT; DE-NOISING; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; NOISE ESTIMATION; NOISE VARIANCE ESTIMATION; ORIGINAL IMAGES; RANDOM FUZZY VARIABLES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY HANDLING; X-RAY IMAGING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849112428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AMUEM.2008.4589934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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