Publication: Image enhancement on digital X-ray images using N-CLAHE
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2017-12-19
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Mahidol University
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BMEiCON 2017 - 10th Biomedical Engineering International Conference. Vol.2017-January, (2017), 1-4
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Kitti Koonsanit, Saowapak Thongvigitmanee, Napapong Pongnapang, Pairash Thajchayapong Image enhancement on digital X-ray images using N-CLAHE. BMEiCON 2017 - 10th Biomedical Engineering International Conference. Vol.2017-January, (2017), 1-4. doi:10.1109/BMEiCON.2017.8229130 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/42534
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Image enhancement on digital X-ray images using N-CLAHE
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© 2017 IEEE. Digital chest radiography offers many advantages over filmbased radiography, such as immediate image display, no film processing and room storage, wider dynamic range and lower radiation dose. In general, a raw X-ray image acquired directly from a digital flat detector contains poor quality of image, which may not be suitable for diagnosis and treatment planning. Therefore, a pre-processing technique is usually required to enhance image quality. This paper presents an improved image enhancement on digital chest radiography using the so-called N-CLAHE method, which is based on global and local enhancement. The proposed technique consists of two main steps. Firstly, intensity correction of the raw image is encountered by the log-normalization function which adjusts the intensity contrast of the image dynamically. Secondly, the Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) method is used for enhancing small details, textures and local contrast of the images. The proposed approach was tested using a radiographic survey phantom and a radiographic chest phantom and compared with conventional enhancement methods, such as histogram equalization, unsharp masking, CLAHE. The results show that the proposed N-CLAHE method yields great improvement on the pre-processing correction for digital chest radiography.