A method, system and computer readable medium for computerized processing of
chest
images including obtaining a digital first image of a chest (S100); producing
a second image which is a mirror image (S300) of the first image; performing
image warping on one of the first and second images to produce a warped image (S400)
which is registered to the other of the first and second images; and subtracting
the warped image from the other image to generate a subtraction image (S600).
Another embodiment includes obtaining a digital first image of the chest of a subject;
detecting ribcage edges on both sides of the lungs in the first chest image; determining
average horizontal locations of the left and right ribcage edges at plural vertical
locations; fitting the determined average horizontal locations to a straight line
to derive a midline; rotating the chest image so that the midline is vertical;
and shifting the rotated image to produce a lateral inclination corrected (S200)
second image with the midline centered in the lateral inclination corrected image.