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This book provides an overview of computational approaches to medical image examination and analysis in oral radiology, utilizing dental radiograph to detect and diagnose dental caries in cases of decayed teeth. Coverage includes basic image processing techniques; approaches for Region of Interest extraction and analysis; and the role of computational clustering techniques for segmentation of teeth and dental caries. The book also presents a novel multiphase level set method for automatic segmentation of dental radiographs.

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Introduction.- Domain Study and Literature Review.- Enhancement and Segmentation of Dental Radiographs Using Morphological Operations.- Segmentation of Dental Radiographs Using Active Contour Model.- Multiphase Level Set Segmentation for Roi Extraction from Dental Radiographs.- Clustering Techniques for Dental Image Analysis.- Conclusion and Further Enhancements.

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Dr. Kavindra Jain received his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from RK University, and a Master of Engineering in Communication Engineering from GH Patel College of Engineering and Technology, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He has published and presented more than 45 research papers in international journals and at international conferences. He is life member of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). His areas of interests are Computer Vision, Data Mining, Medical Imaging, and Image Processing.
Dr. Narendrasinh C. Chauhan received his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, and his Master of Engineering in Computer Science Engineering from BVM Engineering College. Dr. Chauhan is Professor and Head of the Department of Information Technology at the A.D. Patel Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of the book Soft Computing Methods for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Design Problems (Springer), and has published and presented 48 research papers in international journals and at international conferences. He is life member of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and The Institution of Engineers (India), as well as an institutional member of the Computer Society of India.

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