An evaluation of image enhancement techniques for capillary imaging

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1428-1432

  Doshi, Niraj P ^a   Schaefer, Gerald ^a   Merla, Arcangelo ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

edge preservation; image enhancement; Nailfold capillaroscopy; noise removal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; BILATERAL FILTERS; BLOOD CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS; EDGE PRESERVATIONS; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; HUMAN JUDGMENTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHM; MANUAL INSPECTION; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; NOISE REMOVAL; NON LOCAL MEANS; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; CYBERNETICS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROCIRCULATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84872376005     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2012.6377935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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