Improvements of programing methods for finding reference lines on X-ray images
Al-Temimi A.M.S., Pilidi V.S.

 

Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Abstract:
The paper gives an overview of the algorithms developed to obtain reference lines and angles on X-ray images. These geometrical characteristics are used in the medical analysis of human joints. We propose the algorithm’s modifications based on the analysis of numerous X-ray images. These modifications allowed obtaining a great increase in calculation speed and the improvement of final results quality given by the corresponding application. They also lead to a significant reduction of manual tuning of the program, arising only in the rare cases when the properties of given images differ significantly from the mean ones.

Keywords:
reference lines and angles, Canny edge detection algorithm, reference lines, image processing, X-ray images, pattern recognition

Citation:
Al-Temimi AMS, Pilidi VS. Improvements of programing methods for finding reference lines on X-ray images. Computer Optics 2019; 43(3): 397-401. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2019-43-3-397-401.

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