Low cost medical image processing system for rural/semi urban healthcare

Author

Bulsara, Viralkumar ; Bothra, Surabhi ; Sharma, Poonam ; Rao, K.M.M.

Author_Institution

SM-IEEE, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

724

Lastpage

728

Abstract

The paper describes a novel system to enhance the images of the interior of the body. The medical image processing system is designed using an embedded processor interfaced to FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The system is designed for the rural and semi-urban healthcare and it is cost effective and portable. As the specialists are not available in these areas, it is designed to have the access of expert doctors through internet. Various algorithms have been developed and described for retinal image processing and enhancement. This system is developed on a reconfigurable platform and can be used for other medical images as well.

Keywords

Internet; embedded systems; eye; field programmable gate arrays; health care; image enhancement; medical image processing; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; Internet; embedded processor; field programmable gate array; image enhancement; low cost medical image processing system; reconfigurable platform; retinal image processing; rural healthcare; semiurban healthcare; Biomedical imaging; Blood; Diseases; Image edge detection; Retina; FPGA; cost effective; medical image processing system; rural and semi-urban health-care;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational Systems (RAICS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Trivandrum

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9478-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAICS.2011.6069405

Filename

6069405