Characterization of the performance of a custom program for image processing of pressure sensitive film

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Muriuki, Muturi G ^a   Gilbertson, Lars G ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Comparison; Contact area; Contact pressure; Fuji film; Resolution; Validation

Indexed keywords

AREA MEASUREMENT; COMPARISON; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILM CALIBRATION; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILMS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

CALIBRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FILM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 64549160699     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005150     Document Type: Article

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