Extract data from a scanned PDF Chart

Hi,
I have a scanned PDF chart, which shows linear relationship between two variables. Is there a way to extract data from the scanned PDF using Acrobat?
I want to avoid error in my calculations by eyeballing the data. Using "Measuring tool" may be an option, but wanted to ask whether any forum members have a better and efficient way to extract data, which can later be used in a spreadsheet software.
As an example, please refer to the attached link, I will like to extract data from Figure 6 in this document: http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/nawtec/nawtec13/nawtec13-3164.pdf
FYI, I have Acrobat X installed on my Windows computer.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Using AA9 Pro I was able to use the TouchUp Object Tool, right click and open the graph in Photoshop. From there, or Paint and another image editor, one might be able to clean it up or re-create the paths. The gray values are too close for it to be simple.
The measure tool does not seem a good choice; although you see measurement lines, it would not actually produce the line you desire, until maybe, just maybe you flattened annotations, a feature within Fixups, perhaps limited to the Professional version.
IMO, it is a fairly linear graph with only a variation at the 10 Power (MW). You eyeball is as good as mine at this one; the actual values may be available from the authoring entity.

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