Fiber pixelated image database

Anant Balasaheb Shinde; Sandeep Menon Perinchery; Murukeshan Vadakke Matham

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.8.083105

15 August 2016 Fiber pixelated image database

Anant Balasaheb Shinde, Sandeep Menon Perinchery, Murukeshan Vadakke Matham

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 8, 083105 (August 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.8.083105

Abstract

Imaging of physically inaccessible parts of the body such as the colon at micron-level resolution is highly important in diagnostic medical imaging. Though flexible endoscopes based on the imaging fiber bundle are used for such diagnostic procedures, their inherent honeycomb-like structure creates fiber pixelation effects. This impedes the observer from perceiving the information from an image captured and hinders the direct use of image processing and machine intelligence techniques on the recorded signal. Significant efforts have been made by researchers in the recent past in the development and implementation of pixelation removal techniques. However, researchers have often used their own set of images without making source data available which subdued their usage and adaptability universally. A database of pixelated images is the current requirement to meet the growing diagnostic needs in the healthcare arena. An innovative fiber pixelated image database is presented, which consists of pixelated images that are synthetically generated and experimentally acquired. Sample space encompasses test patterns of different scales, sizes, and shapes. It is envisaged that this proposed database will alleviate the current limitations associated with relevant research and development and would be of great help for researchers working on comb structure removal algorithms.

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Anant Balasaheb Shinde, Sandeep Menon Perinchery, and Murukeshan Vadakke Matham "Fiber pixelated image database," Optical Engineering 55(8), 083105 (15 August 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.8.083105

Published: 15 August 2016

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