Mammographic image enhancement using indirect contrast enhancement techniques - A comparative study

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 47, Issue C, 2015, Pages 255-261

  Akila, K ^a   Jayashree, L S ^b   Vasuki, A ^a  

^a KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RVS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bphe; CLAHE; Effective measure of enhancement; Histogram equalization; Image enhancement; Mmbhe; RMSHE

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUALIZERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY SCREENS; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING;

BPHE; CLAHE; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; MMBHE; RMSHE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84938574003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.03.205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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