Methods of contrast enhancement for images having blood vessel structures
A method of contrast enhancement for improved visualization of diagnostically important tissue structures, such as blood vessels. A texture analysis algorithm is applied to identify regions with a high likelihood of disease. Mathematical morphology operations are applied to identify areas of high and low brightness (intensity). The low intensity areas are then subtracted, and controllably variable amounts of the high intensity areas are added, controlled by a selectable tuning parameter, to produce an image with controllably variable visualization enhancement.
STI Medical Systems, LLC
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John Taylor Ulf Wenjing Sankar
Hargrove Gustafsson Li Venkataraman