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zonas no presentes (possible typo/error)

English translation: gaps

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Spanish term or phrase:	zonas no presentes
English translation:	gaps
Entered by:	William Pairman

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15:12 Oct 27, 2009

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Medical - Medical: Instruments / Pulmonary CT scans

Spanish term or phrase: zonas no presentes (possible typo/error)

From a paper introducing a new algorithm to be used in high-res lung CTs

Para ello, se detectarán en las imágenes binarias obtenidas de los lóbulos aquellas zonas no presentes con un diámetro mayor de 25 mm., normalmente será eliminado en la fase segunda debido a que presenta un nivel de gris superior al de los lóbulos, márcandose para que no aparezca en el resultado final.

Is it just me or is this very badly expressed? I don't see how things which are not present can be detected

So far I have this:

In order to do so, those areas which do not have a diameter greater than 25 mm are identified in the binary images obtained from the lobes. The are normally eliminated in the second phase due to the fact that they have a grey level which is greater than that of the lobes, marking them to ensure that they do not appear in the final result.

But I'm worried I have radically altered the sense of the original. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Many thanks

William Pairman KudoZ activity Questions: 459 (none open) (18 closed without grading) Answers: 276
Local time: 09:53

gaps

Explanation:
You have my sympathy!! This text is very confusing. I'm not sure you have it right. The first part might be something like:

"This way it will be possible to detect gaps larger than 25 mm in the binary images of the lobes*, which would normally be eliminated** ..."

*I don't think "obtenidas" is important here.
**Verb doesn't agree, but I think it's a lapse.

I think the idea is that these gaps would normally blend in/be covered up/blotted out in the second round because the images are grayer than the normal tissue.

Selected response from:

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 00:53

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I used this, with a note to the client and my original as an alternative - havent heard anything which would suggest you had it right Muriel, iit certainly helped me to make sense of the original. Many thanks to everyone for their help
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