Automatic Enhancement and Subjective Evaluation of Dental X-ray Images Using the SMQT
| Document type: | Conference Papers |
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| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Mikael Nilsson, Farook Sattar, Hui Kheng Chngt, Ingvar Claesson |
| Title: | Automatic Enhancement and Subjective Evaluation of Dental X-ray Images Using the SMQT |
| Conference name: | Fifth International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Pagination: | 1448-1451 |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| City: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Signal Processing (Sektionen för teknik – avd. för signalbehandling) School of Engineering S- 372 25 Ronneby +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.tek.bth.se/ |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the Successive Mean Quantization Transform (SMQT) for enhancement of dental X-ray images. The aim is to provide an automatic tool for enhancing the dental X-rays that would aid an interpreter, who is typically a specialist in dentistry. The evaluation is performed based on a subjective test by a clinical expert/endodontist who has vast experience in dental X-ray analysis and diagnosis. Based on the subjective test for a number of dental images, this SMQT based enhancement method is found to provide a useful tool for enhancing the diagnostic value of dental X-ray images. © 2005 IEEE. |
| Subject: | Signal Processing\General Signal Processing\Detection and Classification |
| Keywords: | X ray analysis, computer aided diagnosis, dentistry, medical imaging |
