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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2013.17.6.1281

Extraction of Appendix from Ultrasonographic Images using Ends-in Search Stretching and Fuzzy Sigma Binarization  

Kim, Kwang-Baek (신라대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a method to extract the area of appendix from ultrasonographic image via computational vision. A series of image processing techniques such as Ends-in search stretching for enhancing the brightness contrast, block binarization, grassfire algorithm for extracting lower part of fascia, and fuzzy sigma binarization method to finalize the appendix area are used to achieve our goal. The strength of this paper is using fuzzy sigma binarization instead of other binarization technique to handle the sensitivity of extracting the target area from regio hypogastrica. The experiment verifies the efficacy of the proposed method successfully.
Keywords
Appendix; Ends-in Search Stretching; Fuzzy Sigma Binarization; Fascia;
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