Title :
Improving the resolution of infrared images of the breast
Author :
Snyder, Wesley E. ; Wang, Fen ; Fen Wang ; Elliott, R.L. ; Head, Jonathan F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
An algorithm is described which performs a 2:1 zoom on a infrared image of the breast. The method takes into account processes of blur, noise, and image correlations, to make an optimal estimate of the missing pixels. The theory is briefly described and experiments are reported
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; image resolution; infrared imaging; medical image processing; noise; blur; breast infrared images resolution improvement; image correlations; medical diagnostic imaging; missing pixels; optimal estimate; Breast; Head; Image resolution; Image restoration; Infrared imaging; Infrared sensors; Inverse problems; Noise level; Optical computing; Pixel;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.646445
