Image processing system and method

Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications

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382199, 382203, 382256, 382283, 12866105, G06K 946

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ABSTRACT:
A method and system for processing a digital image of an object comprises forming a single pixel image outline of the object in a digital image and producing a measure of the outline shape as a single number. In this way risk of spina bifida can be determined from an ultrasonic image of a fetal skull.

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