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3 February 2006 Contrast enhancement of medical images using multiscale decomposition
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Proceedings Volume 6057, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XI; 60570I (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643525
Event: Electronic Imaging 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States
Abstract
Each image acquired from a medical imaging system is often part of a two-dimensional (2-D) image set whose total presents a three-dimensional (3-D) object for diagnosis. Unfortunately, sometimes these images are of poor quality. These distortions cause an inadequate object-of-interest presentation, which can result in inaccurate image analysis. Blurring is considered a serious problem. Therefore, "deblurring" an image to obtain better quality is an important issue in medical image processing. In our research, the image is initially decomposed. Contrast improvement is achieved by modifying the coefficients obtained from the decomposed image. Small coefficient values represent subtle details and are amplified to improve the visibility of the corresponding details. The stronger image density variations make a major contribution to the overall dynamic range, and have large coefficient values. These values can be reduced without much information loss.
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Monica A. Trifas, John M. Tyler, and Oleg S. Pianykh "Contrast enhancement of medical images using multiscale decomposition", Proc. SPIE 6057, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XI, 60570I (3 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643525
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KEYWORDS
Image enhancement

Medical imaging

Image processing

Wavelets

Image filtering

Image quality

Signal to noise ratio

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