Noise removal of the x-ray medical image using fast spatial filters and GPU

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Cadena ◽  
Alexander Zotin ◽  
Franklin Cadena ◽  
Nikolai Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
Medical Image ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Spatial Filters ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals A DICOM dataset for evaluation of medical image de-identification

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Rutherford ◽  
Seong K. Mun ◽  
Betty Levine ◽  
William Bennett ◽  
Kirk Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Cancer Imaging ◽  
Protected Health Information ◽  
Dicom Standard ◽  
Clinical Imaging ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Evaluation Dataset ◽  
Data Elements

AbstractWe developed a DICOM dataset that can be used to evaluate the performance of de-identification algorithms. DICOM objects (a total of 1,693 CT, MRI, PET, and digital X-ray images) were selected from datasets published in the Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA). Synthetic Protected Health Information (PHI) was generated and inserted into selected DICOM Attributes to mimic typical clinical imaging exams. The DICOM Standard and TCIA curation audit logs guided the insertion of synthetic PHI into standard and non-standard DICOM data elements. A TCIA curation team tested the utility of the evaluation dataset. With this publication, the evaluation dataset (containing synthetic PHI) and de-identified evaluation dataset (the result of TCIA curation) are released on TCIA in advance of a competition, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), for algorithmic de-identification of medical image datasets. The competition will use a much larger evaluation dataset constructed in the same manner. This paper describes the creation of the evaluation datasets and guidelines for their use.

scholarly journals Enhancing Ant-Based Algorithms for Medical Image Edge Detection by Admissible Perturbations of Demicontractive Mappings

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 885
Author(s):  
Vasile Berinde ◽  
Cristina Ţicală
Keyword(s):  
Edge Detection ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Test Functions ◽  
Head Ct ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Numerical Tests ◽  
Image Edge Detection ◽  
Evaluation Of Parameters ◽  
Image Edge ◽  
Demicontractive Mappings

The aim of this paper is to show analytically and empirically how ant-based algorithms for medical image edge detection can be enhanced by using an admissible perturbation of demicontractive operators. We thus complement the results reported in a recent paper by the second author and her collaborators, where they used admissible perturbations of demicontractive mappings as test functions. To illustrate this fact, we first consider some typical properties of demicontractive mappings and of their admissible perturbations and then present some appropriate numerical tests to illustrate the improvement brought by the admissible perturbations of demicontractive mappings when they are taken as test functions in ant-based algorithms for medical image edge detection. The edge detection process reported in our study considers both symmetric (Head CT and Brain CT) and asymmetric (Hand X-ray) medical images. The performance of the algorithm was tested visually with various images and empirically with evaluation of parameters.

scholarly journals Medical Image Denoising Algorithm Based on Sparse Nonlocal Regularized Weighted Coding and Low Rank Constraint

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Quan Yuan ◽  
Zhenyun Peng ◽  
Zhencheng Chen ◽  
Yanke Guo ◽  
Bin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Denoising ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Impulse Noise ◽  
Medical Images ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
White Gaussian Noise ◽  
Low Rank ◽  
Rank Constraint ◽  
Nonlocal Regularization

Medical image information may be polluted by noise in the process of generation and transmission, which will seriously hinder the follow-up image processing and medical diagnosis. In medical images, there is a typical mixed noise composed of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and impulse noise. In the conventional denoising methods, impulse noise is first removed, followed by the elimination of white Gaussian noise (WGN). However, it is difficult to separate the two kinds of noises completely in practical application. The existing denoising algorithm of weight coding based on sparse nonlocal regularization, which can simultaneously remove AWGN and impulse noise, is plagued by the problems of incomplete noise removal and serious loss of details. The denoising algorithm based on sparse representation and low rank constraint can preserve image details better. Thus, a medical image denoising algorithm based on sparse nonlocal regularization weighted coding and low rank constraint is proposed. The denoising effect of the proposed method and the original algorithm on computed tomography (CT) image and magnetic resonance (MR) image are compared. It is revealed that, under different σ and ρ values, the PSNR and FSIM values of CT and MRI images are evidently superior to those of traditional algorithms, suggesting that the algorithm proposed in this work has better denoising effects on medical images than traditional denoising algorithms.

scholarly journals Fuzzy genetic-based noise removal filter for digital panoramic X-ray images

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 941-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehravar Rafati ◽  
Fateme Farnia ◽  
Mahdi Erfanian Taghvaei ◽  
Ali Mohammad Nickfarjam
Keyword(s):  
Noise Removal ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fuzzy Genetic

Deep neural models for automated multi-task diagnostic scan management - quality enhancement, view classification and report generation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karthik K ◽  
Sowmya S Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Neural Models ◽  
Report Generation ◽  
Diagnostic Image ◽  
Intelligent Diagnosis ◽  
X Ray

Abstract The detailed physiological perspectives captured by medical imaging provides actionable insights to doctors to manage comprehensive care of patients. However, the quality of such diagnostic image modalities is often affected by mismanagement of the image capturing process by poorly trained technicians and older/poorly maintained imaging equipment. Further, a patient is often subjected to scanning at different orientations to capture the frontal, lateral and sagittal views of the affected areas. Due to the large volume of diagnostic scans performed at a modern hospital, adequate documentation of such additional perspectives is mostly overlooked, which is also an essential key element of quality diagnostic systems and predictive analytics systems. Another crucial challenge affecting effective medical image data management is that the diagnostic scans are essentially stored as unstructured data, lacking a well-defined processing methodology for enabling intelligent image data management for supporting applications like similar patient retrieval , automated disease prediction etc. One solution is to incorporate automated diagnostic image descriptions of the observation/findings by leveraging computer vision and natural language processing. In this work, we present multi-task neural models capable of addressing these critical challenges. We propose ESRGAN, an image enhancement technique for improving the quality and visualization of medical chest X-ray images, thereby substantially improving the potential for accurate diagnosis, automatic detection and region-of-interest segmentation. We also propose a CNN-based model called ViewNet for predicting the view orientation of the X-ray image and generating a medical report using Xception net, thus facilitating a robust medical image management system for intelligent diagnosis applications. Experimental results are demonstrated using standard metrics like BRISQUE, PIQE and BLEU scores, indicating that the proposed models achieved excellent performance. Further, the proposed deep learning approaches enable diagnosis in a lesser time and their hybrid architecture shows significant potential for supporting many intelligent diagnosis applications.

Medical Image Enhancement Using Edge Information-Based Methods

2017 ◽  
pp. 123-148
Author(s):  
S. Anand
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Hyperbolic Function ◽  
Edge Information ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Enhancement Method ◽  
Chest X Ray ◽  
Medical Image Enhancement

Medical image enhancement improves the quality and facilitates diagnosis. This chapter investigates three methods of medical image enhancement by exploiting useful edge information. Since edges have higher perceptual importance, the edge information based enhancement process is always of interest. But determination of edge information is not an easy job. The edge information is obtained from various approaches such as differential hyperbolic function, Haar filters and morphological functions. The effectively determined edge information is used for enhancement process. The retinal image enhancement method given in this chapter improves the visual quality of the vessels in the optic region. X-ray image enhancement method presented here is to increase the visibility of the bones. These algorithms are used to enhance the computer tomography, chest x-ray, retinal, and mammogram images. These images are obtained from standard datasets and experimented. The performance of these enhancement methods are quantitatively evaluated.

Static Thresholded Pulse Coupled Neural Networks in Contourlet Domain — A New Framework for Medical Image Denoising

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050025
Author(s):  
S. Shajun Nisha ◽  
S. P. Raja ◽  
A. Kasthuri
Keyword(s):  
Image Denoising ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Coupled Neural Networks ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Pulse Coupled Neural Networks ◽  
Image Quality Index

Image denoising, a significant research area in the field of medical image processing, makes an effort to recover the original image from its noise corrupted image. The Pulse Coupled Neural Networks (PCNN) works well against denoising a noisy image. Generally, image denoising techniques are directly applied on the pixels. From the literature review, it is reported that denoising after frequency domain transformation is performing better since noise removal is applied over the coefficients. Motivated by this, in this paper, a new technique called the Static Thresholded Pulse Coupled Neural Network (ST-PCNN) is proposed by combining PCNN with traditional filtering or threshold shrinkage technique in Contourlet Transform domain. Four different existing PCNN architectures, such as Neuromime Structure, Intersecting Cortical Model, Unit-Linking Model and Multichannel Model are considered for comparative analysis. The filters such as Wiener, Median, Average, Gaussian and threshold shrinkage techniques such as Sure Shrink, HeurShrink, Neigh Shrink, BayesShrink are used. For noise removal, a mixture of Speckle and Gaussian noise is considered for a CT skull image. A mixture of Rician and Gaussian noise is considered for MRI brain image. A mixture of Speckle and Salt and Pepper noise is considered for a Mammogram image. The Performance Metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Image Quality Index (IQI), Universal Image Quality Index (UQI), Image Enhancement Filter (IEF), Structural Content (SC), Correlation Coefficient (CC), and Weighted Signal-to-Noise Ratio (WSNR) and Visual Signal-to-Noise Ratio (VSNR) are used to evaluate the performance of denoising.

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