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A rule-based approach to hand X-ray image segmentation

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Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP 1993)

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Here we present a rule-based approach which allows the localization and segmentation of several hand bones in a radiograph. The approach lies on extracting and interpreting different types of information: the image, the domain, the image formation and its processing techniques. We study several interpretations of the image features (edge, valley and ridge points) obtained from a facet model and we apply them to X-ray images. The variety and type of the information available leads us to implemement the technique mentioned above in a rule-based segmentation system.

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  1. Unitat de Processament d'Imatges i Intelligència Artificial, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

    Petia I. Radeva

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Radeva, P.I. (1993). A rule-based approach to hand X-ray image segmentation. In: Chetverikov, D., Kropatsch, W.G. (eds) Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. CAIP 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 719. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57233-3_86

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