Segmentation of Hand Bone for Bone Age Assessment

• Main Author: Hum, Yan Chai (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Radiology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Imaging / Radiology.; Medical and Radiation Physics.

The objective of this Brief is to provide a solution to the unsolved technical problem in segmentation for the automated bone age assessment system. The task is accomplished by first applying the modified histogram equalized module, then applying the proposed automated anisotropic diffusion techniqu...