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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2012.61.6.872

Image Enhancement with Rotating Kernel Transformation Filter Generated by Bresenham's Algorithm  

Shin, Seung-Won (건국대 의료생명대 의학공학부)
Kim, Kyeong-Seop (건국대 의료생명대 의학공학부, 건국대 의공학실용기술연구소)
Lee, Se-Min (건국대 의료생명대 의학공학부)
Song, Chul-Gyu (전북대 공과대학 전자공학부)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.61, no.6, 2012 , pp. 872-878 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is quite important to improve the visual acuity of a medical image by suppressing noisy parts and simultaneously keeping the details of signal components to draw the accurate diagnostics. With this aim, we suggest a novel method to generate Rotational Kernel Transformation (RKT) filter mask with applying Bresenham's algorithm and implement an nonlinear filtering algorithm to eliminate noises. As a result, we can find the fact that RKT filter mask can be automatically created and the visual acuity of a corrupted image can be elevated in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with applying the RKT filter.
Keywords
Rotating kernel transform; Bresenham's algorithm; Noise; Mask; Signal-to-noise ratio;
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