Digital Image Processing and Analysis techniques are widely used in the field of Medical Science. This book presents application of digital image processing and analysis in the field of medical science through the medical palmistry. Medical palmistry is scientific study of human palm and nails for their color and texture to identify and predict diseases. The sample codes are also given wherever required. The book is very useful to the student of computer science, especially those who do programming for image processing applications.

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