DocumentCode
2769960
Title
Enhancement of Bone Fracture Images by Equalization Methods
Author
Parveen, N. Ravia Shabnam ; Sathik, M. Mohammed
Author_Institution
R&D Centre, Bharathiar Univ., Madurai, India
Volume
2
fYear
2009
fDate
13-15 Nov. 2009
Firstpage
391
Lastpage
394
Abstract
A fracture is a crack or break in the bone. This can be easily detected by taking an X-ray in that area. But some times these images lack sufficient brightness. Various Equalization Methods can be adapted to enhance the image. In this paper, two such methods are compared. They are Histogram Equalization and Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization. The results show that Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization gives better result than other Equalization method.
Keywords
image enhancement; medical image processing; bone fracture images; contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization; equalization methods; histogram equalization; image enhancement; Adaptive equalizers; Bones; Brightness; Filters; Gaussian noise; Histograms; Image enhancement; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; Adaptive Histogram Equalization; Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization; Histogram Equalization; Image Processing; Median Filter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Technology and Development, 2009. ICCTD '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3892-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCTD.2009.115
Filename
5360176
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