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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Soo-yeul Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong-won Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Ji-wook Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Done-sik Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-hwan Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Soo-Yeul Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong-Won Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Ji-Wook Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Done-Sik Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-Hwan Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A method and system for acquiring a phalange edge image using an X-ray image of a hand are provided. The method includes: selecting a region of interest from an X-ray image of the hand; acquiring a soft tissue background gray level removed image by removing a soft tissue background gray level from the region of interest; and extracting a phalange edge image from the soft tissue background gray level removed image.