Automatic identification and extraction of bone contours from x-ray images is an essential first step task for further medical image analysis. In this paper we propose a 3D statistical model based framework for the proximal femur contour extraction from calibrated x-ray images. The automatic initialization to align the 3D model with the x-ray images is solved by an Estimation of Bayesian Networ...

X-ray imaging techniques that capture variations in the x-ray phase can yield higher contrast images with lower x-ray dose than is possible with conventional absorption radiography. However, the extraction of phase information is often more difficult than the extraction of absorption information and requires a more sophisticated experimental arrangement. We here report a method for three-dimens...

In this era of electronic advancements in the field of medical image processing, the quantum of medical X-ray images so produced exorbitantly can be effectively addressed by means of automated indexing, comparing, analysing and annotating that will really be pivotal to the radiologists in interpreting and diagnosing the diseases. In order to envisage such an objective, it has been humbly endeav...

Preprint submitted to Elsevier Preprint 5 February 2008 The time profiles of Cherenkov images of cosmic-ray showers and of γ-ray showers are investigated, using data gathered with the HEGRA system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes during the 1997 outbursts of Mrk 501. Photon arrival times are shown to vary across the shower images. The dominant feature is a time gradient along the maj...

The 120,000 X-ray sources detected in the RASS II processing of the ROSAT All-Sky Survey are correlated with the 14,315 IRAS galaxies selected from the IRAS Point Source Catalogue: 372 IRAS galaxies show X-ray emission within a distance of 100 arcsec from the infrared position. By inspecting the structure of the Xray emission in overlays on optical images we quantify the likelihood that the X-r...

the ribs are essential structures of the osseous thorax that provide certain significant information and aid interpretation of radiologic images in daily routine practice. intrathoracic rib is a rare congenital anomaly that is usually discovered incidentally, but may cause in vain interventions in case of being unaware. we herein report an intrathoracic rib in a girl whose chest x-ray was stran...

Ray-tracing algorithm is very used to produce realistic synthetic images in Computer Graphics. Yet, the time necessary to obtain images of high quality is very high. The bottleneck of this method of visualization appears when the intersection between the rays and the differents objects appearing in the scene, is computed. In this paper, an implementation of the ray-tracing method is presented, ...

A novel method for enhancement of digital X-ray images of bones is presented in this paper. It has come to observation that the proposed method based on the Gaussian higher order derivative shows an appreciable enhancement of edges in digital X-ray images of bones that can be used for detection of various bone deformities as well as for the better understanding of the bone structure. We have ac...

Segmentation of fluoroscopy images is useful for fluoroscopy-to-CT image registration. However, it is impossible to assign a unique tissue type to each pixel. Rather each pixel corresponds to an entire path of tissue types encountered along a ray from the X-ray source to the detector plate. Furthermore, there is an inherent many-to-one mapping between paths and pixel values. We address these is...

Feature point tracking and detection of X-ray images is challenging due to overlapping anatomical structures of different depths, which lead to low-contrast images. Tracking of motion in X-ray sequences can support many clinical applications like motion compensation or 2D / 3D registration algorithms. This paper is the first to evaluate the performance of several feature tracking and detection ...