Posted by Jeff on Dec 20, 2009 in
Biomedical Engineering
TweetThis post is a continuation from Biomedical Image Processing – IV. Contrast Stretching Contrast stretching (a.k.a. normalization) is very similar to histogram equalization, but it maps only a certain portion of the histogram to the full range. An example of this image enhancement technique is illustrated in Figure 17. If a and b are the [...]
Tags: deblurring algorithm, digital filtering, image denoising, image processing, image transformation, segmentation
Posted by Jeff on Dec 7, 2009 in
Biomedical Engineering
TweetThis post is continuing from Biomedical Image Processing – III. Enjoy Basic Image Modification While image processing operations can be performed in hardware (e.g., in cases where speed is paramount), many image processing operations are performed in software. This section discusses some of the basic processing operations performed on different types of images, including image [...]
Tags: boolean operations, component labeling, digital filters, grayscale imaging, image modification, image processing, pixels, point operations
Posted by Jeff on Dec 2, 2009 in
Biomedical Engineering
TweetContinuing from Biomedical Image Processing – I Image Properties Once an image is stored in digital format, it can be described by a number of different parameters. Some of the relevant parameters are briefly discussed here. The traditional convention for an image coordinate system is depicted in Figure 4. Figure 4. General convention for image [...]
Tags: aspect ratio, image coordinate system, image processing, image properties, monochrome, pixel, voxel
Posted by Jeff on Dec 1, 2009 in
Biomedical Engineering
TweetWhy do we study image processing? Images play a large role in the presentation of physiological information. Not all image data, however, are ideal. Images can be corrupted by noise, exhibit blur or spatial warping, contain non-optimal intensity/color representations, or simply be too large (or too small) to be of practical or diagnostic value. The [...]
Tags: analog images, biomedical image processing, biomedical imaging, digital image processing, image processing, processing images, sampling, scan line sensor