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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Technology and Development, 2009. ICCTD '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3892-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCTD.2009.115
