Title :
A comparison of image enhancement techniques for explosive detection
Author :
Singh, Maneesha ; Singh, Sameer ; Partridge, Derek
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Exeter Univ., UK
Abstract :
The enhancement of images plays a crucial role in the detection of illicit objects from airport luggage. On the basis of 11 statistical measures of image viewability, we compare both new and old methods of image enhancement for aviation security application. Our research shows that some of the newer methods of enhancement consistently outperform most others that are regularly used at airports on measures of viewability, which supports our argument that airport security consoles must be updated with our suggested enhancement techniques.
Keywords :
airports; explosions; image enhancement; object detection; security; statistical analysis; airport luggage; airport security consoles; explosive detection; illicit object detection; image enhancement technique; Adaptive filters; Airports; Explosives; Histograms; Humans; Image enhancement; Image quality; Nonlinear filters; Security; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2004. ICPR 2004. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2128-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2004.1333896
