Multipurpose contrast enhancement on epiphyseal plates and ossification centers for bone age assessment

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chai, Hum Yan ^a   Swee, Tan Tian ^a   Seng, Gan Hong ^a   Wee, Lai Khin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bone age assessment image quality metrics; Brightness and detail preserving; Histogram partition; Image contrast enhancement

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS PRESERVATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; DETAIL PRESERVING; HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION; IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY METRICS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULARIZATION FUNCTION;

BONE; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LUMINANCE; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875846033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-12-27     Document Type: Article

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