• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.806-817
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• 2015

The contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization(CLAHE) is an advanced method for the histogram equalization which is a common contrast enhancement technique. The CLAHE divides the image into sections, and applies the contrast limited histogram equalization for each section. X-ray images can be classified into three areas: skin, bone, and air area. In clinical application, the interest area is limited to the skin or bone area depending on the diagnosis region. The CLAHE could deteriorate X-ray image quality because the CLAHE enhances the area which doesn't need to be enhanced. In this paper, we propose a new method which automatically determines the clip limit of CLAHE's parameter to improve X-ray image quality using fuzzy logic. We introduce fuzzy logic which is possible to determine clip limit proportional to the interest of users. Experimental results show that the proposed method improve images according to the user's preference by focusing on the subject.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.361-362
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• 2007

We propose a contrast-controlled feature detection approach for steel radiograph image. X-ray images are low contrast, dark and high noise image. So, It is not simple to detect defects directly in automated radiography inspection system. Contrast enhancement, histogram equalization and median filter are the most frequently used techniques to enhance the X-ray images. In this paper, the adaptive control method based on contrast limited histogram equalization is compared with several histogram techniques. Through comparative analysis, CLAHE(contrast controlled adaptive histogram equalization) can enhance detection of defects better.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2019년도 제59차 동계학술대회논문집 27권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2019

Histogram equalization is extensively used for image contrast enhancement in various applications due to its effectiveness and its modest functions. In image research, image enhancement is one of the most significant and arduous technique. The image enhancement aim is to improve the visual appearance of an image. Different kinds of images such as satellite images, medical images, aerial images are affected from noise and poor contrast. So it is important to remove the noise and improve the contrast of the image. Therefore, for this purpose, we apply a median filter on MR image as the median filter remove the noise and preserve the edges effectively. After applying median filter on MR image we have used intensity transformation function on the filtered image to increase the contrast of the image. Than applied the histogram equalization (HE) technique on the filtered image. The simple histogram equalization technique over enhances the brightness of the image due to which the important information can be lost. Therefore, adaptive histogram equalization (AHE) and contrast limited histogram equalization (CLAHE) techniques are used to enhance the image without losing any information.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1378-1387
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• 2013

히스토그램 평활화는 영상의 밝기 분포를 변화시킴으로써 화질을 향상시키는 방법으로 다양한 분야에서 응용되고 있다. 전역적인 방법은 영상 밝기의 전체적인 분포를 균등 분포로 변환함으로써 영상의 밝기가 과도하게 변하는 단점을 갖고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 K. Zuierveld가 제안한 대비 제한 적응 히스토그램 평활화(CLAHE)가 실용적으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 이 방법에서는 블록단위의 처리를 위한 블록 크기와 대비 제한을 위한 매개변수 등 두 개의 매개변수가 히스토그램의 평활화 성능을 결정하는데, 이것들을 결정하는 구체적인 알고리듬은 없으며 실험적으로 시행착오학습 통해 결정한다. 본 논문에서는 영상의 엔트로피에 기반해서 CLAHE의 매개변수인 블록 크기와 대비제한 매개변수를 결정하는 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 CLAHE를 자동화할 수 있으며, 전체적으로 어두운 영상이나 밝은 영상에 적용한 결과 전역적인 방법에 비해 주관적 화질 개선의 효과를 나타내었다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.473-480
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• 2021

This study was purpose to method that applies for improving the image quality in CT and X-ray scan, especially in the lung region. Also, we researched the parameters of the image before and after applying for Histogram Equalization (HE) such as mean, median values in the histogram. These techniques are mainly used for all type of medical images such as for Chest X-ray, Low-Dose Computed Tomography (CT). These are also used to intensify tiny anatomies like vessels, lung nodules, airways and pulmonary fissures. The proposed techniques consist of two main steps using the MATLAB software (R2021a). First, the technique should apply for the process of normalization for improving the basic image more correctly. In the next, the technique actively rearranges the intensity of the image contrast. Second, the Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) method was used for enhancing small details, textures and local contrast of the image. As a result, this paper shows the modern and improved techniques of HE and some advantages of the technique on the traditional HE. Therefore, this paper concludes that various techniques related to the HE can be helpful for many processes, especially image pre-processing for Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL).

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2003

3차원 입체조형방사선치료(3D conformal radiation therapy; 3D-CRT) 및 세기조절방사선치료(intensity modulated radiation therapy; IMRT) 에서와 같은 정밀 방사선 치료기술이 보다 효과적으로 이루어지기 위해서는 환자자세 오차를 최소화해야 한다. 치료계획용적(PTV)을 정할 때 필요한 마진을 최대한 줄여 줌으로써 치료 병변에 선량을 집중시키고, 정상조직의 선량은 감소시킬 수 있게 되기 때문이다. 이러한 목적 하에 조사문 사진(portal film)을 치료계획시 얻은 기준 영상에 정합시켜 환자자세 오차를 정량적으로 분석할 수 있는 프로그램 도구를 개발하고자 하였다. 현재 본원에서 치료 위치 확인을 위해서는 치료 계획 시행 중에 얻은 모의치료 사진과 치료시 EC-L 필름(KODAK사, 미국)을 사용하여 찍은 조사문 사진을 주로 사용하고 있다. 이 외에도, 모의치료시 영상을 디지털 캡춰한 영상이나, 치료계획으로부터 얻은 디지털화재구성영상(digitally reconstructed radiograph; DRR)도 기준 영상으로 이용할 수 있도록 하였다. 프로그램 제작 툴로는 IDL5.4 (RSI사, 미국)를 사용하였다. 조사문사진의 가장 큰 단점인 영상 대조도를 증가시키기 위해, histogram-equalization, adaptive histogram equalization, 특히 CLAHE (contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization) 등의 영상처리 기능을 구현하였다. 영상 정합 방법으로는 기준 영상에 골반입구(pelvic inlet) 와 같은 위치에 윤곽선을 그리고, 이를 조사문 사진 상에 중첩시킨 다음, 조사문 사진의 동일 해부학적 위치에 일치되도록 이동하여 그 오차를 수치화하였다. 조사문 사진에 CLAHE 필터를 적용한 결과, 치료면 확인을 위해 이중 조사된 영역의 대조도를 월등히 향상시킬 수 있었다. 전후면과 측면 영상을 위 과정을 사용하여 정합시킴으로, 전후, 좌우, 상하 방향으로의 환자자세 차이를 정량화 할 수 있었다. 또한, CLAHE 영상처리 기법을 이용하여 조사문 사진의 화질을 현저하게 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 'view-box' 방식과 비교하여 치료 환자자세의 정확도를 수치화 시킴으로써 계통오차(systemic error)와 임의오차(random error) 등의 정량적 분석이 가능해졌다. 더 나아가 환자자세오차를 교정하는 프로토콜을 도입한다면, 보다 정확한 치료에 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2015

The main purpose of image enhancement is to improve certain characteristics of an image to improve its visual quality. This paper proposes a method for image contrast enhancement that can be applied to both medical and natural images. The proposed algorithm is designed to achieve contrast enhancement while also preserving the local image details. To achieve this, the proposed method combines local image contrast preserving dynamic range compression and contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE). Global gain parameters for contrast enhancement are inadequate for preserving local image details. Therefore, in the proposed method, in order to preserve local image details, local contrast enhancement at any pixel position is performed based on the corresponding local gain parameter, which is calculated according to the current pixel neighborhood edge density. Different image quality measures are used for evaluating the performance of the proposed method. Experimental results show that the proposed method provides more information about the image details, which can help facilitate further image analysis.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권2호
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• pp.174-182
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• 2013

Most methods for fusion-based finger vein recognition were to fuse different features or matching scores from more than one trait to improve performance. To overcome the shortcomings of "the curse of dimensionality" and additional running time in feature extraction, in this paper, we propose a finger vein recognition technology based on matching score-level fusion of a single trait. To enhance the quality of finger vein image, the contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) method is utilized and it improves the local contrast of normalized image after ROI detection. Gabor features are then extracted from eight channels based on a bank of Gabor filters. Instead of using the features for the recognition directly, we analyze the contributions of Gabor feature from each channel and apply a weighted matching score-level fusion rule to get the final matching score, which will be used for the last recognition. Experimental results demonstrate the CLAHE method is effective to enhance the finger vein image quality and the proposed matching score-level fusion shows better recognition performance.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.1082-1088
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• 2009

망막 질환의 진단에서 안저영상은 환자의 망막 상태에 대한 객관적인 평가와 기록에 중요하다. 특히 혈관의 분석은 당뇨병, 고혈압 등의 진단과 경과 관찰에 매우 중요하다. 혈관 영역을 검출하기 위해 톱-햇(Top-hat) 필터를 사용하여 균일하지 않은 배경 영상을 보상하고, 대비 제한의 적응적 히스토그램 보정(contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization) 방법을 적용하여 대비를 향상시켰다. 영상에 전처리를 한 후 헤이지안 행렬(hessian matrix)을 적용하여 혈관 성분을 검출한 결과 제안된 방법이 기존의 정합 필터(matched filter) 방법보다 약 1.3% 더 정확하였다. 결론으로 제안한 알고리즘은 안저 영상에서 혈관 영역을 검출하는데 있어서 기존 방법에 비해서 향상되었다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2024

This study aims to evaluate the performance of the U-Net based learning model that may vary depending on the histogram equalization algorithm. The subject of the experiment were 17 radiology students of this college, and 1,727 data sets in which the region of interest was set in the thyroid after acquiring ultrasound image data were used. The training set consisted of 1,383 images, the validation set consisted of 172 and the test data set consisted of 172. The equalization algorithm was divided into Histogram Equalization(HE) and Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization(CLAHE), and according to the clip limit, it was divided into CLAHE8-1, CLAHE8-2. CLAHE8-3. Deep Learning was learned through size control, histogram equalization, Z-score normalization, and data augmentation. As a result of the experiment, the Attention U-Net showed the highest performance from CLAHE8-2 to 0.8355, and the U-Net and BSU-Net showed the highest performance from CLAHE8-3 to 0.8303 and 0.8277. In the case of mIoU, the Attention U-Net was 0.7175 in CLAHE8-2, the U-Net was 0.7098 and the BSU-Net was 0.7060 in CLAHE8-3. This study attempted to confirm the effects of U-Net, Attention U-Net, and BSU-Net models when histogram equalization is performed on ultrasound images. The increase in Clip Limit can be expected to increase the ROI match with the prediction mask by clarifying the boundaries, which affects the improvement of the contrast of the thyroid area in deep learning model learning, and consequently affects the performance improvement.