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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2011.15.8.1782

The enhancement of medical image using optimized adaptive contrast method  

Shin, Choong-Ho (조선대학교)
Jung, Chai-Yeoung (조선대학교)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.15, no.8, 2011 , pp. 1782-1790 More about this Journal
Abstract
The goal of image processing is to improve the perceptual aspect and visual appearance of images for human viewers. The objectives of image enhancement vary according to its specific application and an image enhancement techniques used for a specific objective may not be accepted in some other applications. In this paper we review some of conventional enhancement techniques, such as histogram shrink, equalization, and the conservative adaptive contrast enhancement filter. And also, The adaptive contrast enhancement filter has optimized the applied values of variables which is configured rightly the medical image field. In the postprocessing, we used the histogram equalization method. As a result, the inputs which used a medical images has enhanced the edges of a result images which has applied the proposed filter. And also, because of the postprocessing, the image outlines has been lightened.
Keywords
Histogram shrink; Histogram equalization; Adaptive contrast enhancement filter;
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