05560nam 2200841Ia 450 991077999690332120230721010906.00-8093-8741-7(CKB)2550000001106334(EBL)1354658(OCoLC)856870480(SSID)ssj0001074085(PQKBManifestationID)11569005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001074085(PQKBWorkID)11186134(PQKB)11734197(MiAaPQ)EBC1354658(OCoLC)607368548(MdBmJHUP)muse30102(Au-PeEL)EBL1354658(CaPaEBR)ebr10739205(CaONFJC)MIL506692(EXLCZ)99255000000110633420070314d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAfrican American Rhetoric(s)[electronic resource] interdisciplinary perspectives /edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson IICarbondale Southern Illinois Univ Press20071 online resource (329 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2745-7 1-299-75441-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword, by Jacqueline Jones Royster; Preface, by Elaine B. Richardson & Ronald L. Jackson II; Introduction: Aspects of African American Rhetoric as a Field, by Keith Gilyard; Part One: Historicizing and Analyzing African American Rhetoric(s); 1. Black Speakers, White Representations: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Construction of a Public Persona, by Shirley Wilson Logan; 2. From Panther to Monster: Representations of Resistance from the Black Power Movement of the 1960's to the Boyz in the Hood and Beyond, by Kalí Tal3. Rhetoric That Should Have Moved the People: Rethinking the Black Panther Party, by Gwendolyn D. Pough4. The Literary Foremother: An Embodiment of the Rhetoric of Freedom, by Jacqueline K. Bryant; 5. Ties that Bind: A Comparative Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's and Geneva Smitherman's Work, by Kimmika L. H. Williams; Part Two: Visions for Pedagogy of African American Rhetoric; 6. The Multiple Dimensions of Nubian/Egyptian Rhetoric and Its Implications for Contemporary Classroom Instructions, by Clinton Crawford7. Modeling Orality: African American Rhetorical Practices and the Teaching of Writing, by Lena Ampadu 8. Coming from the Heart: African American Students, Literacy Stories, and Rhetorical Education, by Elaine B. Richardson; 9. The Rhetoric of Democracy: Contracts, Declarations, and Bills of Sales, by Victoria Cliett; Part Three: Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric(s); 10. Looking Forward to Look Back: Technology Access and Transformation in African American Rhetoric, by Adam J. Banks; 11. We Is Who We Was: The African/American Rhetoric of Amistad, by Kermit E. Campbell12. From the Harbor to Da Academic Hood: Hush Harbors and an African American Rhetorical Tradition, by Vorris L. Nunley13. "Both Print and Oral" and "Talking about Race": Transforming Toni Morrison's Language Issues into Teaching Issues, by Joyce Irene Middleton; 14. Found Not Founded, by William W. Cook; References; Contributors; Index; Back CoverAfrican American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an introduction to fundamental concepts and a systematic integration of historical and contemporary lines of inquiry in the study of African American rhetorics. Edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II, the volume explores culturally and discursively developed forms of knowledge, communicative practices, and persuasive strategies rooted in freedom struggles by people of African ancestry in America. Outlining African American rhetorics found in literature, historical documentsAfrican American rhetoricAmerican prose literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismSpeeches, addresses, etc., AmericanAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teachingUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricPolitics and literatureUnited StatesAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican AmericansCommunicationAfrican AmericansLanguagesBlack EnglishAmerican prose literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.Speeches, addresses, etc., AmericanAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingRhetoricPolitical aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.Politics and literatureAfrican AmericansIntellectual life.African AmericansCommunication.African AmericansLanguages.Black English.808.00896073808/.0089/6073Richardson Elaine B.1960-1524819Jackson Ronald L.1970-1461992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779996903321African American Rhetoric(s)3861335UNINA05675nam 2200721Ia 450 991096807970332120200520144314.097866119285209786612167263978128192852812819285269780080559148008055914X(CKB)1000000000579074(EBL)405937(OCoLC)437246546(Au-PeEL)EBL405937(CaPaEBR)ebr10269295(CaONFJC)MIL192852(PPN)170603407(FR-PaCSA)88812086(MiAaPQ)EBC405937(FRCYB88812086)88812086(EXLCZ)99100000000057907420090107d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHandbook of medical image processing and analysis /edited by Issac N. Bankman2nd ed.Amsterdam Elsevier/Academic Pressc20091 online resource (1009 p.)Academic Press series in biomedical engineeringDescription based upon print version of record.9780123739049 0123739047 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Enhancement; Chapter 1 Fundamental Enhancement Techniques; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Preliminaries and Definitions; 1.3 Pixel Operations; 1.4 Local Operators; 1.5 Operations with Multiple Images; 1.6 Frequency Domain Techniques; 1.7 Concluding Remarks; 1.8 References; Chapter 2 Adaptive Image Filtering; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Multidimensional Spatial Frequencies and Filtering; 2.3 Random Fields and Wiener Filtering; 2.4 Adaptive Wiener Filters2.5 Anisotropic Adaptive Filtering2.6 References; Chapter 3 Enhancement by Multiscale Nonlinear Operators; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 One-Dimensional Discrete Dyadic Wavelet Transform; 3.3 Linear Enhancement and Unsharp Masking; 3.4 Nonlinear Enhancement by Functional Mapping; 3.5 A Method for Combined Denoising and Enhancement; 3.6 Two-Dimensional Extension; 3.7 Experimental Results and Comparison; 3.8 Conclusion; 3.9 References; Chapter 4 Medical Image Enhancement Using Fourier Descriptors and Hybrid Filters; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Design of the Hybrid Filter; 4.3 Experimental Results4.4 Discussion and Conclusion4.5 References; Part II Segmentation; Chapter 5 Overview and Fundamentals of Medical Image Segmentation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Thresholding; 5.3 Region Growing; 5.4 Watershed Algorithm; 5.5 Edge-Based Segmentation Techniques; 5.6 Multispectral Techniques; 5.7 Other Techniques; 5.8 Concluding Remarks; 5.9 References; Chapter 6 Image Segmentation by Fuzzy Clustering: Methods and Issues; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Quantitative Basis of Fuzzy Image Segmentation; 6.3 Qualitative Discussion of a Few Fuzzy Image Segmentation Methods; 6.4 Conclusions and Discussion6.5 ReferencesChapter 7 Segmentation with Neural Networks; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Structure and Function of the GRBF Network; 7.3 Training Procedure; 7.4 Application to Medical Image Segmentation; 7.5 Image Data; 7.6 Preprocessing; 7.7 Vector Quantization; 7.8 Classification; 7.9 Results; 7.10 Discussion; 7.11 Topical Applications, Conceptual Extensions, and Outlook; 7.12 Conclusion and Outlook; 7.13 References; Chapter 8 Deformable Models; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Mathematical Foundations of Deformable Models; 8.3 Medical Image Analysis with Deformable Models; 8.4 Discussion; 8.5 Conclusion8.6 ReferencesChapter 9 Shape Information in Deformable Models; 9.1 Background; 9.2 Global Shape Constraints; 9.3 Level Set Methods Incorporating Generic Constraints; 9.4 Conclusions; 9.5 References; Chapter 10 Gradient Vector Flow Deformable Models; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Background; 10.3 GVF Deformable Contours; 10.4 Experiments; 10.5 3D GVF Deformable Models and Results; 10.6 Discussion; 10.7 Conclusions; 10.8 References; Chapter 11 Fully Automated Hybrid Segmentation of the Brain; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Brain Segmentation Method; 11.3 Other Brain Segmentation Techniques; 11.4 Summary11.5 ReferencesThe Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis is a comprehensive compilation of concepts and techniques used for processing and analyzing medical images after they have been generated or digitized. The Handbook is organized into six sections that relate to the main functions: enhancement, segmentation, quantification, registration, visualization, and compression, storage and communication.The second edition is extensively revised and updated throughout, reflecting new technology and research, and includes new chapters on: higher order statistics for tissue segmentation; tumor gAcademic Press series in biomedical engineering.Diagnostic imagingDigital techniquesHandbooks, manuals, etcImaging systems in medicineHandbooks, manuals, etcDiagnostic imagingDigital techniquesImaging systems in medicine616.07616.07/54616.0754616.0754Bankman I. N(Isaac N.)1797418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968079703321Handbook of medical image processing and analysis4339657UNINA