Diag-AID: a diagnostic aid for medical image enhancement using colour coding and modified histogram equalisation techniques. (1st January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prasad, Keerthana; Prabhu, G.K.
• Is Part Of: International journal of medical engineering and informatics. Volume 3:Number 3(2011)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 233
• Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Subjects: computer aided diagnosis -- colour coding -- histogram equalisation -- image analysis -- medical image processing; 610.2805
• DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2011.042868
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-0653

Abstract

Diag-AID, a generic and interactive tool for enhancement of a medical image was developed to facilitate easy diagnosis. Two techniques namely colour coding and contrast enhancement through modified histogram equalisation were used. This tool was designed to provide a way of saving the image with the region of interest encoded into it in such a way that the saved image could be viewed as a greyscale image or a colour coded image or greyscale image with the region of interest highlighted. The HSI colour space was used for designing a look-up table (LUT) for colour coding. The original image information was coded into the colour components read from the LUT using the least significant bit watermarking technique. Diag-AID acts as a diagnostic aid by facilitating medical image enhancement and documentation of the expert's interpretation.