Segmentation of Hand Bone for Bone Age Assessment
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 prop
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Yan Chai Hum
Segmentation of Hand Bone for Bone Age Assessment
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Yan Chai Hum
Segmentation of Hand Bone for Bone Age Assessment
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Yan Chai Hum Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai-Johor Malaysia
ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-981-4451-65-9 ISBN 978-981-4451-66-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-4451-66-6 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013936534 © The Author(s) 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
Bone age assessment is an examination of ossification development with the purpose of deducing the skeletal age of children to monitor their skeletal development and predict their future adult height. Conventionally, it is performed by comparing left hand radiographs to standard atlas by visual inspection. This process is subjective and time consuming. Therefore, automated inspection system, namely, computer-aided skeletal age scoring system has been established to overcome the drawbacks. However, the computerized system invariably confronts with problem in hand bone segmentation, which is the most crucial p
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