Title :
Optimal scanning, display, and segmentation of the International Labor Organization (ILO) X-ray images set for pneumoconiosis
Author :
Pattichis, Marios S. ; Ramachandran, Jaideep ; Wilson, Mark ; Pattichis, Constantinos S. ; Soliz, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A method for scanning and displaying chest radiographs (X-rays) is presented. The new method treats the scanning as independent of the image display, allowing for maximum information content to be captured during the scanning process, and then for this information to be optimally displayed using a new function for maximizing the contrast variation throughout the image. The quality of the digitized X-ray images was compared against the original X-ray films and was found to be of comparable visualization quality. The rib parenchyma is then segmented by an active shape model
Keywords :
diagnostic radiography; diseases; display instrumentation; image scanners; image segmentation; lung; medical image processing; optimisation; ILO X-ray image set; International Labor Organization; active shape model; chest radiographs; contrast variation; digitized X-ray image quality; maximum information content capture; optimal image display method; optimal image segmentation; optimal scanning method; original X-ray films; pneumoconiosis; rib parenchyma; visualization quality; Computer displays; Diagnostic radiography; Diseases; Entropy; Gray-scale; Image databases; Image segmentation; Lungs; Testing; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2001. CBMS 2001. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1004-3
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2001.941770
