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Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction to image processing | |
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Introduction | |
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Imaging systems | |
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Objects and images | |
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The digital image processing system | |
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Applications of digital image processing | |
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Exercises | |
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Imaging systems | |
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The human visual pathway | |
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Photographic film | |
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Other sensors | |
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Digitizing an image | |
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The quality of a digital image | |
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Color images | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Medical images obtained with ionizing radiation | |
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Medical imaging modalities | |
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Images from x-rays | |
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Images from y-rays | |
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Dose and risk | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Medical images obtained with non-ionizing radiation | |
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Ultrasound imaging | |
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Magnetic resonance imaging | |
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Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Fundamental concepts of image processing | |
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Fundamentals of digital image processing | |
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The gray-level histogram | |
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Histogram transformations and look-up tables | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Image enhancement in the spatial domain | |
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Algebraic operations | |
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Logical (Boolean) operations | |
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Geometric operations | |
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Convolution-based operations | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Image enhancement in the frequency domain | |
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The Fourier domain | |
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The Fourier transform | |
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Properties of the Fourier transform | |
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Sampling | |
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Cross-correlation and autocorrelation | |
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Imaging systems - point spread function and optical transfer function | |
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Frequency domain filters | |
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Tomographic reconstruction | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Image restoration | |
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Image degradation | |
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Noise | |
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Noise-reduction filters | |
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Blurring | |
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Modeling image degradation | |
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Geometric degradations | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Image analysis | |
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Morphological image processing | |
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Mathematical morphology | |
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Morphological operators | |
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Extension to grayscale images | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Image segmentation | |
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What is segmentation? | |
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Thresholding | |
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Region-based methods | |
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Boundary-based methods | |
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Other methods | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Feature recognition and classification | |
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Object recognition and classification | |
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Connected components labeling | |
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Features | |
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Object recognition and classification | |
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Statistical classification | |
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Structural/syntactic classification | |
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Applications in medical image analysis | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Three-dimensional visualization | |
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Image visualization | |
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Surface rendering | |
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Volume rendering | |
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Virtual reality | |
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Computer-based activities | |
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Exercises | |
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Medical applications and ongoing developments | |
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Medical applications of imaging | |
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Computer-aided diagnosis in mammography | |
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Tumor imaging and treatment | |
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Angiography | |
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Bone strength and osteoporosis | |
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Tortuosity | |
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Frontiers of image processing in medicine | |
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Trends | |
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The last word | |
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The Fourier series and Fourier transform | |
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Set theory and probability | |
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Shape and texture | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |