Asymmetry analysis based on the overlapping of thermal images proved able to detect inflammation and, predict foot ulceration. This technique involves three main steps: segmentation, geometric transformation, and overlapping. However, the overlapping technique, which consists of subtracting the intensity levels of the right foot from those of the left foot, can also detect false abnormal areas ...

High-resolution scans of plant cuttings were made for a identification course to create additional study resources. Stems, flowers, leaves, and other parts with identifiable features cut placed on high-quality flatbed scanner. A framework suspended black background cloth above the dark scanning environment, it was far enough away from scanner glass so as not appear in scanned image. Botanical c...

UNLABELLED To evaluate the performance of three digital devices regarding the noise added to digital radiographic images containing different optical densities. METHODS A radiographic image was digitized repeatedly ten times using two scanners (HP 4c/T and HP 5370C) and a digital camera (Nikon 990). A histogram tool measured a mean pixel value and the standard deviation of the region of inter...

Recently, image processing technique and robotic vision are widely applied in fault detection of industrial products as well as document reading. In order to compare the captured images from the target, it is necessary to prepare a perfect image, then matching should be applied. A preprocessing must therefore, be done to correct the samples’ and or camera’s movement which can occur during the...

Recently, image processing technique and robotic vision are widely applied in fault detection of industrial products as well as document reading. In order to compare the captured images from the target, it is necessary to prepare a perfect image, then matching should be applied. A preprocessing must therefore, be done to correct the samples’ and or camera’s movement which can occur during the...

Background: Since 1984 MRI gel dosimetry has been introduced as a potential technique for 3D dosimetry. Most of the studies have measured R1 (1/T1) or R2 (1/T2) properties of the gel depending on the gel type. We have studied image intensity change in the Fricke gel by different MRI protocols. Materials and Methods: Gel Dosimeters contain 0.4 mM ferrous sulphate, 1 mM NaCl, 50 mM H2SO4 and 1% b...

Noise in inkjet prints can be influenced by many factors, such as halftone pattern, dot size, dot color and ink coalescence. The measurement of various image noise characteristics, such as random graininess and banding, is often needed as part of system design and optimization. We consider the imaging requirements for a scanner used for inkjet printer evaluation. Methods to assess the influence...

In this work, we present a low-cost high-resolution structured light range scanner with automatic calibration, based on temporal stripe encoding. We present a novel single-step automatic active stereo calibration method, based on optimal backprojection estimation. We also present a method for estimating local fidelity of the range image and show how this information can be used to obtain sub-st...

Today, radiation therapy (RT) is moving toward increased radiation dose to the tumor as a result of 3D conformal RT (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated RT (IMRT), which have been made possible by advances in volumetric-based image planning with digital imaging systems such as computed tomography (CT). Treatment planning for such RT requires superior CT image quality. Our goal in this study was to e...

A common need of the INCITS W1.1 Macro Uniformity, Color Rendition and Micro Uniformity ad hoc teams is to digitize image quality test targets and derive parameters that correlate with image quality assessments. The digitized data should be in a colorimetric color space such as CIELAB and have no spatial artifacts that reduce image quality parameter accuracy. Input digitizers come in many forms...