Contrast enhancement of computed tomography images by adaptive histogram equalization-application for improved ischemic stroke detection

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Tan, T L ^a   Sim, K S ^a   Tso, C P ^b   Chong, A K ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Hospital Melaka   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

computed tomography; contrast; histogram equalization; window setting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE METHODS; BEST VALUE; BILINEAR INTERPOLATION; BLOCKING EFFECT; BRAIN IMAGES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRAY SCALE; GREY LEVELS; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; ISCHEMIC STROKES; SUB-BLOCKS; THRESHOLD LIMITATION;

DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE (DICOM); PIXELS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864978792     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: 10981098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.22016     Document Type: Article

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