Title :
Automatic contrast enhancement in digital radiography
Author :
Frosio, I. ; Lucchese, M. ; Lissandrello, F. ; Borghese, N.A.
Author_Institution :
Computer Science Dept., University of Milan, Via Comelico 39/41, 20135, Italy
Abstract :
An algorithm that automatically maximizes the contrast of a digital radiography is presented here. The algorithm applies an adequate grey level transform, whose parameters are computed on the basis of the image entropy and of the maximization of the contrast enhancement effect. The experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach with respect to more traditional algorithms.
Keywords :
Clinical diagnosis; Computer science; Entropy; Humans; Monitoring; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Pixel; Radiography; Telephony; Visual system;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774242