摘要:
A first image signal representing a radiation image of an object is obtained by exposing a stimulable phosphor sheet, on which the radiation image has been stored, to stimulating rays, which cause the stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light in proportion to the amount of energy stored thereon during its exposure to radiation, the emitted light being detected. A second image signal representing the radiation image is thereafter obtained by again exposing the stimulable phosphor sheet to stimulating rays, the light emitted by the stimulable phosphor sheet being detected. Read-out conditions, under which the second image signal is to be obtained, and/or image processing conditions, under which the second image signal having been obtained is to be image processed, are adjusted on the basis of the first image signal. A storage device stores information representing a standard pattern of radiation images. A signal transforming device transforms the first image signal representing the radiation image into a transformed image signal representing the radiation image, which has been transformed into the standard pattern. A condition adjuster is provided with a neural network, which receives the transformed image signal and feeds out information representing the read-out conditions and/or the image processing conditions.
摘要:
Calculations are made to find the differences, Δij=fij-f0, between the value of an image signal component f0 representing a picture element P0 in a radiation image and the values of image signal components fij representing the picture elements Pij, which are located on each of a plurality of lines Li, where i =1, 2, ..., n, extending from the picture element PO to the peripheral parts of the radiation image, and which are spaced a plurality of distances rij, where j = 1, 2, ..., m, from the picture element P0. A representative value, which is representative of the differences Δij, is then found for each of the lines Li. A mean level value of two representative values for each set of two lines, which extend from the picture element PO in approximately opposite directions, is then calculated. From the mean-level values, which have been calculated for a plurality of the sets of lines, a judgment is made as to whether the picture element PO falls or does not fall within the region corresponding to a circular pattern in the radiation image.
摘要:
An original image signal, which represents an original image and is made up of a series of original image signal components Yij, is obtained. Corresponding interpolation coefficients Bij and Cij, which are set for each of the original image signal components Yij, in two different interpolating functions f and g, represented by Formulas (1) and (2), for obtaining two interpolation images having different levels of sharpness are linearly combined with each other by using Formula (3). A new interpolation coefficient Aij is thereby obtained. An interpolating operation is carried out on the original image signal components Yij with an interpolating function h, which has the new interpolation coefficient Aij and is represented by Formula (4). An interpolation image signal is thereby obtained, which is made up of a series of image signal components occurring at intervals different from those of the original image signal components Yij, (1) f=ΣBij·Yij (2) g=ΣCij·Yij (3) Aij=(1-α)Bij+αCij (4) h=ΣAij·Yij in which i=1, 2, ..., and j=1, 2, ..., The coefficient α in Formula (3) is set to be one of real numbers including a range smaller than 0 and/or a range larger than 1.
摘要:
In an image smoothing method a smoothing process is carried out on an image signal made up of a series of image signal components representing picture elements in an image. For extracting only a projection part for keeping edges in the image sharp a probability density function is generated and a mean-level value is determined. Moreover, only values within a certain range can be used for determining the mean-level value. Further, corresponding apparatus for carrying out a smoothing process are disclosed.
摘要:
Pixels are classified as belonging to or not belonging to a circular pattern. The method calculates the mean intensity QO of a block of pixels centred on pixel PO, and the mean intensites Qi of peripheral pixel blocks surrounding the central region around PO; the differences Δi between QO and Qi are calculated, and the ratio of a value characteristic of the differences Δi and the dispersion in the differences Δi is thresholded to give determine whether or not pixel PO falls within a circular pattern.