Enhancement and denoising method for low-quality MRI, CT images via the sequence decomposition Retinex model, and haze removal algorithm.

The visibility and analyzability of MRI and CT images have a great impact on the diagnosis of medical diseases. Therefore, for low-quality MRI and CT images, it is necessary to effectively improve the contrast while suppressing the noise. In this paper, we propose an enhancement and denoising strate...

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Publicado en:Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 59; no. 11/12; pp. 2433 - 2449
Autores principales: Chen, Lei, Tang, Chen, Xu, Min, Lei, Zhenkun
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2021
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          Chen, Lei
          Tang, Chen
          Xu, Min
          Lei, Zhenkun
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          Algorithms
          Magnetic Resonance Imaging
          Reproducibility of Results
          Tomography, X-Ray Computed
          Impact of Events Scale
          Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index
      ab: The visibility and analyzability of MRI and CT images have a great impact on the diagnosis of medical diseases. Therefore, for low-quality MRI and CT images, it is necessary to effectively improve the contrast while suppressing the noise. In this paper, we propose an enhancement and denoising strategy for low-quality medical images based on the sequence decomposition Retinex model and the inverse haze removal approach. To be specific, we first estimate the smoothed illumination and de-noised reflectance in a successive sequence. Then, we apply a color inversion from 0-255 to the estimated illumination, and introduce a haze removal approach based on the dark channel prior to adjust the inverted illumination. Finally, the enhanced image is generated by combining the adjusted illumination and the de-noised reflectance. As a result, improved visibility is obtained from the processed images and inefficient or excessive enhancement is avoided. To verify the reliability of the proposed method, we perform qualitative and quantitative evaluation on five MRI datasets and one CT dataset. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method strikes a splendid balance between enhancement and denoising, providing performance superior to that of several state-of-the-art methods.
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