Effect of morphological algorithms on medical imaging

Phan Viet Cuong1, Ho Thi Thao2, Le Tuan Anh1, Nguyen Hong Ha2, Ha Quang Thanh3
1 Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute
2 Centre of Nuclear Physics, Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
3 National Institute of Medical Device and Construction

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Handling and improving the quality of medical images with the help of computer software is one of the important stages in the diagnosis and treatment. In this article, we focus on describing the new morphological algorithms by ITK (Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit). These morphological operators eliminate noise, detect good edges, and overcome the drawback of traditional edge detection methods.

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