Example - CT bone (femur)

ROI centred on fracture.

Original CT image
+ Region Of Interest (ROI)

9x ROI
before enhancement

9x ROI
before enhancement
with edges marked

9x ROI
after enhancement
with edges marked

9x ROI
after enhancement
with edge-dots removed

  1. The minimum fracture gap between the two bone structures is 0.61 ± 0.01 mm,
    and

  2. Enhancement of high-contrast fracture edges 'reduces' the effect of medium-contrast streaking artifact from the steel pin.

Before and after enhancement, side-by-side:

'before' 'after'