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Image Processing in Forensic Pathology

  • William R. Oliver
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    Address reprint requests to William R. Oliver, MD, Deputy Medical Examiner, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000
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    From the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30185-9
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      Image processing applications in forensic pathology are becoming increasingly important. This article introduces basic concepts in image processing as applied to problems in forensic pathology in a non-mathematical context. Discussions of contrast enhancement, digital encoding, compression, deblurring, and other topics are presented.
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