A method for automatically classifying a radiograph. A digital radiographic image is acquired, wherein the image is comprised of a matrix of rows and columns of pixels. The digital image is segmented into foreground, background, and anatomy regions. A physical size of the anatomy region is classified. An edge direction histogram of the anatomy region is generated and a shape pattern of the edge direction histogram is classified. Based on the physical size classification and the shape pattern classification, the image is categorized.

 
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