Contrast enhancement of Micro Dose X-ray images

Author

Irrera, Paolo ; Bloch, Isabelle ; Delplanque, Maurice

Author_Institution

Inst. Mines Telecom, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France

fYear

2014

fDate

April 29 2014-May 2 2014

Firstpage

489

Lastpage

492

Abstract

A multi-scale (MS) decomposition method for contrast enhancement of Micro Dose (MD) X-ray images is presented in this paper. First, we get a denoised version of the input exploiting a non-local means filter with adaptable parameters setting that we defined in a former approach. Then, the MS representations of the input and of its de-noised version are combined to obtain an optimal image in terms of preservation of details and noise attenuation. The efficiency of the algorithm is demonstrated by quantitative and qualitative assessments on both phantoms and clinical MD images.

Keywords

dosimetry; image denoising; medical image processing; phantoms; MD X-ray image contrast enhancement; MS decomposition method; adaptable parameter setting; clinical MD image contrast enhancement; clinical microdose image contrast enhancement; denoised input version; image detail preservation; image noise attenuation; input MS representation; input multiscale representation; microdose X-ray image; multiscale decomposition method; nonlocal means filter; optimal image contrast enhancement; phantom image contrast enhancement; qualitative algorithm efficiency assessment; quantitative algorithm efficiency assessment; Earth Observing System; Image edge detection; Noise measurement; Noise reduction; Signal to noise ratio; X-ray imaging; Micro Dose X-ray imaging; Multi-scale decomposition; Non-local means filter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2014 IEEE 11th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISBI.2014.6867915

Filename

6867915