A Novel Method for Dental Radiographs Contrast Enhancement for Efficient Diagnosis of Dental Diseases
A. Ramana Kumari1, S. Nagaraja Rao2, P. Ramana Reddy3
1A. Ramana Kumari, Research Scholar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2S. Nagaraja Rao, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3P. Ramana Reddy, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Manuscript received on 05 March 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 12 March 2019 | Manuscript Published on 20 March 2019 | PP: 394-399 | Volume-8 Issue- 4S2 March 2019 | Retrieval Number: D1S0086028419/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Contrast Enhancement for Low resolution image is an active area of research to attain an effective diagnosis results in the medical field through Digital Medical Images. To do this, a novel contrast enhancement method is proposed in this paper based on the spatial correlation characteristics of image pixels. Considering the spatial correlation as main factor, the proposed method focused to improve the contrast of center pixels based on its neighborhood pixels. Extensive simulations are conducted over the proposed method through several dental radiograph images and the obtained results are analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The Quantitative analysis is done through a metric, called contrast root mean square deviation and the obtained values are compared with conventional contrast enhancement techniques, Histogram related methods and Contrast stretching methods.
Keywords: Dental Radiograph, Contrast Enhancement, Histogram, Correlation, CMRSD.
Scope of the Article: Communication