Gray Scale Morphology Using Double Structuring Elements and Their Application to Contrast Enhancement for Ultrasound Images

• Tsubai Masayoshi

  Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University

• Nishimura Toshihiro

  Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ２重構造要素による多値モルフォロジーと超音波画像のコントラスト強調への応用
• 2ジュウ コウゾウ ヨウソ ニ ヨル タチ モルフォロジー ト チョウオンパ ガゾウ ノ コントラスト キョウチョウ エ ノ オウヨウ

Abstract

We discuss a new morphological operations using double structuring elements (DSEs) and apply them to edge sharpening of the ultrasound images with speckle. The DSEs, a couple of two different structuring elements, varying with the local characteristics of the processing image, yield an edge-sharpening effect, which general single structuring element does not have. Our method sharpens the boundary without speckle emphasis, overshoot nor undershoot because it is based on geometrical characteristics of the image components.

Journal

• IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems

  IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems 124 (9), 1678-1684, 2004

  The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Keywords

• ultrasound image
• mathematical morphology
• double structuring element
• contrast enhancement

Details

• CRID: 1390282679583122560
• NII Article ID: 10013538440
• NII Book ID: AN10065950
• DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.124.1678
• ISSN: 13488155
• ISSN: 03854221
• NDL BIB ID: 7076657
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7076657
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ieejeiss/124/9/124_9_1678/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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