Title :
Potential applications of HDR in echocardiography
Author :
Slavkovic-Ilic, Marijeta ; Gavrovska, Ana ; Milivojevic, Milan ; Jevtic, Dubravka ; Reljin, Irini
Author_Institution :
Innovation Center, Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract :
The diagnostic process in medicine in many cases depends on readability of medical images. Thus, the image enhancement is very important step in medical imaging. We investigate the potential application of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging in echocardiography. HDR image is generated using two Low Dynamic Range (LDR) echocardiograms. Since many devices can display only limited range of luminous intensity, the dynamic range of input HDR image needs to be reduced. This is done by operation called tone mapping. Several HDR tone mapping methods are analyzed and the results are presented in the paper.
Keywords :
colour graphics; echocardiography; image enhancement; image fusion; medical image processing; HDR image generation; HDR imaging application; HDR tone mapping; LDR echocardiogram; device luminous intensity range; dynamic range reduction; echocardiography; high dynamic range imaging application; image enhancement; input HDR image; low dynamic range echocardiogram; medical image readability; patient diagnosis; Biomedical imaging; Dynamic range; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Electronic mail; Image coding; Echocardiography; high dynamic range imaging; image enhancement; tone mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Network Applications in Electrical Engineering (NEUREL), 2014 12th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5887-0
DOI :
10.1109/NEUREL.2014.7011450
