The possibilities of the contrast improvement in fluorography image with digital processing

Author

Aslamova, L. ; Melenevska, N. ; Miroshnichenko, N. ; Grabovska, E. ; Miroshnichenko, S. ; Radko, D.A.

Author_Institution

Training-Res. Center of Radiat. Safety, Taras Shevchenko Nat. Univ. of Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine

fYear

2013

fDate

16-19 April 2013

Firstpage

325

Lastpage

327

Abstract

The annual fluorography chest screening profoundly contributes to the total radiation dose delivered to the patient. The application of additional image contrast improving methods (high tube potential technique, anti-scatter grid method) increases the radiation dose to several times. X-ray image digital processing with special software is proposed as alternative method for visual contrast improvement to minimize the patient dose.

Keywords

X-ray imaging; dosimetry; medical image processing; X-ray image digital processing; alternative method; annual fluorography chest screening; annual fluorography image; antiscatter grid method; digital processing; image contrast; total patient radiation dose; tube potential method; Brightness; Electron tubes; Phantoms; Radiology; Software; Visualization; X-ray imaging; Bucky factor; X-ray image; anti-scatter grid; chest examination; chest screening; contrast; digital image processing; entrance surface dose; image quality; reducing radiation dose; software image processing; water chest phantom;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO), 2013 IEEE XXXIII International Scientific Conference

Conference_Location

Kiev

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4669-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELNANO.2013.6551995

Filename

6551995