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A Fuzzy Approach to Chest Radiography Segmentation involving Spatial Relations

Published on None 2011 by Donia Ben Hassen, Hassen Taleb, Ismahen Ben Yaakoub, Najla Mnif
Novel Aspects of Digital Imaging Applications
Foundation of Computer Science USA
DIA - Number 1
None 2011
Authors: Donia Ben Hassen, Hassen Taleb, Ismahen Ben Yaakoub, Najla Mnif
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Donia Ben Hassen, Hassen Taleb, Ismahen Ben Yaakoub, Najla Mnif . A Fuzzy Approach to Chest Radiography Segmentation involving Spatial Relations. Novel Aspects of Digital Imaging Applications. DIA, 1 (None 2011), 40-47.

@article{
author = { Donia Ben Hassen, Hassen Taleb, Ismahen Ben Yaakoub, Najla Mnif },
title = { A Fuzzy Approach to Chest Radiography Segmentation involving Spatial Relations },
journal = { Novel Aspects of Digital Imaging Applications },
issue_date = { None 2011 },
volume = { DIA },
number = { 1 },
month = { None },
year = { 2011 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 40-47 },
numpages = 8,
url = { /specialissues/dia/number1/4156-spe320t/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%1 Novel Aspects of Digital Imaging Applications
%A Donia Ben Hassen
%A Hassen Taleb
%A Ismahen Ben Yaakoub
%A Najla Mnif
%T A Fuzzy Approach to Chest Radiography Segmentation involving Spatial Relations
%J Novel Aspects of Digital Imaging Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V DIA
%N 1
%P 40-47
%D 2011
%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

In this paper, we present an approach where we integrate spatial relations in the process of segmentation of chest radiography. In the proposed approach, spatial relations are represented as fuzzy subsets of the image space. Using this strategy, we imitate the reasoning of a physician when interpreting a medical image. The results demonstrate that the introduction of spatial relations can improve the recognition and segmentation of structures with low contrast and ill-defined boundaries.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Segmentation recognition Chest radiography Spatial relations Fuzzy sets