Extracting bones from Xray image

Hello experts,

I am trying to extract bones from X-ray image of hand; Fore example:

For example in this sample image, there are 6 bones:

I have tried different methods such as edge detection; For example, with Canny edge detection I get the following result where some of the edges have been missed:

I would be thankful if you could help me with this problem.

[CS Researcher]

Increase the threshold on the canny edge detector. Can you share the image?

[Sara4mat]

Sorry for my late reply.

Please find attached the sample X-ray image.

Thank you :)

[Firat Ozersahin]

I think you can do with thresholding and some filters but i have no idea which filter you should use . I have similar issue .

Answer 1

[Durgesh Naik]

please go for adaptive thresholding.