Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter
Mammography is the most effective method for the early diagnosis of breast cancer diseases. As mammographic images contain low signal to noise ratio and low contrast, it becomes too difficult for radiologists to analyze mammogram. To deal with the above stated problems, it is very important to enhan...
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| description | Mammography is the most effective method for the early diagnosis of breast cancer diseases. As mammographic images contain low signal to noise ratio and low contrast, it becomes too difficult for radiologists to analyze mammogram. To deal with the above stated problems, it is very important to enhance the mammographic images using image processing methods. This paper introduces a new image enhancement approach for mammographic images which uses the modified mathematical morphology, wavelet transform and homomorphic filter to suppress the noise of images. For performance evaluation of the proposed method, contrast improvement index (CII) and edge preservation index (EPI) are adopted. Experimental results on mammographic images from Pejvak Digital Imaging Center (PDIC) show that the proposed algorithm improves the two indexes, thereby achieving the goal of enhancing mammographic images. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af9ef1fa211f4e2c859672f8fe4dfc502022-12-22T00:19:50ZengIsfahan University of TechnologyIranian Journal of Physics Research1682-69572015-12-01153305310Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filterF Majidi0A M Latif1J Malakouti2H Kasayi3 Department of Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Department Of Computer Engineering, Yazd University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Material Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI Mammography is the most effective method for the early diagnosis of breast cancer diseases. As mammographic images contain low signal to noise ratio and low contrast, it becomes too difficult for radiologists to analyze mammogram. To deal with the above stated problems, it is very important to enhance the mammographic images using image processing methods. This paper introduces a new image enhancement approach for mammographic images which uses the modified mathematical morphology, wavelet transform and homomorphic filter to suppress the noise of images. For performance evaluation of the proposed method, contrast improvement index (CII) and edge preservation index (EPI) are adopted. Experimental results on mammographic images from Pejvak Digital Imaging Center (PDIC) show that the proposed algorithm improves the two indexes, thereby achieving the goal of enhancing mammographic images.http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-730&slc_lang=en&sid=1mammographic images image processing wavelet transform homomorphic filter. |
| spellingShingle | F Majidi A M Latif J Malakouti H Kasayi Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter Iranian Journal of Physics Research mammographic images image processing wavelet transform homomorphic filter. |
| title | Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| title_full | Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| title_fullStr | Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| title_short | Mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| title_sort | mammographic image enhancement using wavelet transform and homomorphic filter |
| topic | mammographic images image processing wavelet transform homomorphic filter. |
| url | http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-730&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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