Colour image enhancement for Ziehl-Neelsen slide images

Author

Wahab, A.S.W. ; Mashor, M.Y. ; Salleh, Zaleha ; Shukor, S. ; Rahim, N.A. ; Idris, F. Mohamad ; Hasan, H. ; Noor, S. S Md

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis, Arau

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The recognition of tuberculosis (TB) bacilli base on a color image processing is one of the most challenging tasks in image processing. The problems increase if the captured images are blurred or have low contrast. This paper proposes partial contrast and saturation technique methods to enhance color images of Ziehl-Neelsen stained smear for the detection of TB bacilli. The partial contrast and saturation techniques have been tested using seven different images. It is shown that the TB bacilli are easier to be detected after applying these techniques.

Keywords

diseases; image colour analysis; image enhancement; medical image processing; microorganisms; TB bacilli detection; Ziehl-Neelsen slide image; Ziehl-Neelsen stained smear; color saturation technique; colour image enhancement; image processing method; partial contrast technique; saturation technique; tuberculosis bacilli base recognition; Biomedical imaging; Color; Image edge detection; Image enhancement; Image processing; Image quality; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pixel; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Design, 2008. ICED 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICED.2008.4786637

Filename

4786637