Biomedical image analysis. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rangaraj M. Rangayyan.
• Other Names: Rangayyan, Rangaraj M
• Contents: PREFACE; THE NATURE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGES; Body Temperature as an Image; Transillumination; Light Microscopy; Electron Microscopy; X-ray Imaging; Tomography; Nuclear Medicine Imaging; Ultrasonography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Objectives of Biomedical Image Analysis; Computer-aided Diagnosis; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; IMAGE QUALITY AND INFORMATION CONTENT; Difficulties in Image Acquisition and Analysis; Characterization of Image Quality; Digitization of Images; Optical Density; Dynamic Range; Contrast; Histogram; Entropy; Blur and Spread Functions; Resolution; The Fourier Transform and Spectral Content; Modulation Transfer Function; Signal-to-Noise Ratio; Error-based Measures; Application: Image Sharpness and Acutance; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; REMOVAL OF ARTIFACTS; Characterization of Artifacts; Synchronized or Multiframe Averaging; Space-domain Local-statistics-based Filters; Frequency-domain Filters; Matrix Representation of Image Processing; Optimal Filtering; Adaptive Filters; Comparative Analysis of Filters for Noise Removal; Application: Multiframe Averaging in Confocal Microscopy; Application: Noise Reduction in Nuclear Medicine Imaging; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; Digital Subtraction Angiography; Dual-energy and Energy-subtraction X-ray Imaging; Temporal Subtraction; Gray-scale Transforms; Histogram Transformation; Convolution Mask Operators; High-frequency Emphasis; Homomorphic Filtering for Enhancement; Adaptive Contrast Enhancement; Objective Assessment of Contrast Enhancement; Application: Contrast Enhancement of Mammograms; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; DETECTION OF REGIONS OF INTEREST; Thresholding and Binarization; Detection of Isolated Points and Lines; Edge Detection; Segmentation and Region Growing; Fuzzy-set-based Region Growing to Detect Breast Tumors; Detection of Objects of Known Geometry; Methods for the Improvement of Contour or Region Estimates; Application: Detection of the Spinal Canal; Application: Detection of the Breast Boundary in Mammograms; Application: Detection of the Pectoral Muscle in Mammograms; Application: Improved Segmentation of Breast Masses by Fuzzy-set-based Fusion of Contours and Regions; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; ANALYSIS OF SHAPE; Representation of Shapes and Contours; Shape Factors; Fourier Descriptors; Fractional Concavity; Analysis of Spicularity; Application: Shape Analysis of Calcifications; Application: Shape Analysis of Breast Masses and Tumors; Remarks ; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; ANALYSIS OF TEXTURE; Texture in Biomedical Images; Models for the Generation of Texture; Statistical Analysis of Texture; Laws' Measures of Texture Energy; Fractal Analysis; Fourier-domain Analysis of Texture; Segmentation and Structural Analysis of Texture; Audification and Sonification of Texture in Images; Application: Analysis of Breast Masses Using Texture and Gradient Measures {627}; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; ANALYSIS OF ORIENTED PATTERNS; Oriented Patterns in Images; Measures of Directional Distribution; Directional Filtering; Gabor Filters; Directional Analysis via Multiscale Edge Detection; Hough-Radon Transform Analysis; Application: Analysis of Ligament Healing; Application: Detection of Breast Tumors; Application: Bilateral Asymmetry in Mammograms; Application: Architectural Distortion in Mammograms; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM PROJECTIONS; Projection Geometry; The Fourier Slice Theorem; Backprojection; Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques; Imaging with Diffracting Sources; Display of CT Images; Agricultural and Forestry Applications; Microtomography; Application: Analysis of the Tumor in Neuroblastoma; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; DECONVOLUTION, DEBLURRING, AND RESTORATION; Linear Space-invariant Restoration Filters; Blind Deblurring; Homomorphic Deconvolution; Space-variant Restoration; Application: Restoration of Nuclear Medicine Images; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; IMAGE CODING AND DATA COMPRESSION; Considerations Based on Information Theory; Fundamental Concepts of Coding; Direct Source Coding; Application: Source Coding of Digitized Mammograms; The Need for Decorrelation; Transform Coding; Interpolative Coding; Predictive Coding; Image Scanning Using the Peano-Hilbert Curve; Image Coding and Compression Standards; Segmentation-based Adaptive Scanning; Enhanced JBIG Coding; Lower-limit Analysis of Lossless Data Compression; Application: Teleradiology; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; PATTERN CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC DECISION; Pattern Classification; Supervised Pattern Classification; Unsupervised Pattern Classification; Probabilistic Models and Statistical Decision; Logistic Regression; The Training and Test Steps; Neural Networks; Measures of Diagnostic Accuracy; Reliability of Features, Classifiers, and Decisions; Application: Image Enhancement for Breast Cancer Screening; Application: Classification of Breast Masses and Tumors via Shape Analysis; Application: Content-based Retrieval and Analysis of Breast Masses; Remarks; Study Questions and Problems; Laboratory Exercises and Projects; ; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 1272 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.07/54; Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques; MEDICAL -- Diagnostic Imaging; MEDICAL -- Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques; Technology, Radiologic; Diagnostic Imaging -- methods; Image Enhancement -- methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849396956; 9780849396953; 0203492544; 9780203492543
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1188-1261) and index.
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