Robustness evaluation of corner detectors for use in ultrasound image processing

Author

Zukal, Martin ; Benes, Radek ; Cika, Petr ; Xintao Qiu

Author_Institution

Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

2-4 July 2013

Firstpage

763

Lastpage

767

Abstract

This article deals with evaluation of suitability of interest point detectors (specifically corner detectors) for utilization in ultrasound image processing. Namely, the Harris detector, FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test) detector and Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) detector have been tested on two data sets of ultrasound (US) images. The evaluation process consists of three experiments in which the images have been artificially corrupted by different types of noise or their brightness has been uniformly changed. The FAST detector proved to be more robust against noise than Harris and KLT detectors whereas the Harris and KLT detector outperformed FAST detector in case of brightness change.

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; edge detection; medical image processing; ultrasonic imaging; FAST detector; Harris detector; Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi detector; corner detectors; features from accelerated segment test; interest point detectors; robustness evaluation; ultrasound image processing; Arteries; Brightness; Detectors; Noise; Robustness; Speckle; Ultrasonic imaging; FAST; Harris detector; KLT detector; Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi detector; corner detector; evaluation; speckle noise; ultrasound image;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), 2013 36th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0402-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TSP.2013.6614041

Filename

6614041