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Grayscale Enhancement Techniques for X-ray Images of Carry-on Luggage
| العنوان: | Grayscale Enhancement Techniques for X-ray Images of Carry-on Luggage |
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| المؤلفون: | Besma Abidi, Mark Mitckes, Mongi Abidi, Jimin Liang |
| المساهمون: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: | http://imaging.utk.edu/publications/papers/2003/babidi_qcav03.pdf. |
| المجموعة: | CiteSeerX |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | luggage scenes, threat detection, x-ray, image enhancement, decluttering, auto-thresholding, cluster validity |
| الوصف: | Very few image processing applications dealt with x-ray luggage scenes in the past. In this paper, a series of common image enhancement techniques are first applied to x-ray data and results shown and compared. A novel simple enhancement method for data de-cluttering, called image hashing, is then described. Initially, this method was applied using manually selected thresholds, where progressively de-cluttered slices were generated and displayed for screeners. Further automation of the hashing algorithm (multi-thresholding) for the selection of a single optimum slice for screener interpretation was then implemented. Most of the existing approaches for automatic multi-thresholding, data clustering, and cluster validity measures require prior knowledge of the number of thresholds or clusters, which is unknown in the case of luggage scenes, given the variety and unpredictability of the scene’s content. A novel metric based on the Radon transform was developed. This algorithm finds the optimum number and values of thresholds to be used in any multi-thresholding or unsupervised clustering algorithm. A comparison between the newly developed metric and other known metrics for image clustering is performed. Clustering results from various methods demonstrate the advantages of the new approach. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.103.9263; http://imaging.utk.edu/publications/papers/2003/babidi_qcav03.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.103.9263 http://imaging.utk.edu/publications/papers/2003/babidi_qcav03.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.54A5F70E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |