Automatic and exam-type independent algorithm for the segmentation and extraction of foreground, background, and anatomy regions in digital radiographic images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1427-1434

  Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Luo, Hui ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Background; Computed radiography; Diagnostically; Diagnostically irrelevant; Digital radiography; Foreground; Relevant; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANATOMY; BACKGROUND; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTICALLY RELEVANT; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FOREGROUND;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 5644265251     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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