Histogram matching extends acceptable signal strength range on optical coherence tomography images

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3810-3819

  Chen, Chieh Li ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Wollstein, Gadi ^a,b   Bilonick, Richard A ^a,c   Sigal, Ian A ^a,b   Kagemann, Larry ^a,b   Schuman, Joel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Histogram matching; Image processing; OCT; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SIGNAL STRENGTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; RETINA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84939864664     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16502     Document Type: Article

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