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Comparison of Different Image Enhancing Techniques for Medical Thermal Images

dc.contributor.authorRicardo Vardasca, PhD, ASIS, FRPS
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-18T10:42:43Z
dc.date.available2019-11-18T10:42:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractMedical infrared (IR) images are, like other medical images, sensitive to noise, which affects directly the temperature measurement of the subject. There are several noise removal techniques that have good performance on digital images, but may produce different temperature readings on thermal images. Hundred and twenty different noisy images were selected from a database and after being processed with several noise removal techniques, the result was statistically analyzed using the standard parameters: maximum, minimum and mean temperature, standard deviation of same region of interest, root mean square error, signal to noise ratio, cross correlation coefficient. In the end, all techniques were compared and graded according with the results. This investigation shows that all techniques produce different results, the recommended method for improving medical thermal images are the Median, Mean and Wiener filters. Results however suggest that noise filtering should only be applied when specifically needed.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/30175
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectImage Filteringpt_PT
dc.subjectImage Enhancingpt_PT
dc.subjectInfrared Imagingpt_PT
dc.subjectMedical Thermographypt_PT
dc.subjectNoise Processingpt_PT
dc.titleComparison of Different Image Enhancing Techniques for Medical Thermal Imagespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage714pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage709pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Medical Imaging and Health Informaticspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume5pt_PT
person.familyNameVardasca
person.givenNameRicardo
person.identifierR-001-FFR
person.identifier.ciencia-id9F17-FD5F-E767
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4217-2882
person.identifier.ridJ-4948-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id24491279800
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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