@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6650,
	  title     = {An Adaptive Mammographic Image Enhancement in Orthogonal Polynomials Domain},
	  author    = {R. Krishnamoorthy and  N. Amudhavalli and  M.K. Sivakkolunthu},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {X-ray mammography is the most effective method for
the early detection of breast diseases. However, the typical diagnostic
signs such as microcalcifications and masses are difficult to detect
because mammograms are of low-contrast and noisy. In this paper, a
new algorithm for image denoising and enhancement in Orthogonal
Polynomials Transformation (OPT) is proposed for radiologists to
screen mammograms. In this method, a set of OPT edge coefficients
are scaled to a new set by a scale factor called OPT scale factor. The
new set of coefficients is then inverse transformed resulting in
contrast improved image. Applications of the proposed method to
mammograms with subtle lesions are shown. To validate the
effectiveness of the proposed method, we compare the results to
those obtained by the Histogram Equalization (HE) and the Unsharp
Masking (UM) methods. Our preliminary results strongly suggest
that the proposed method offers considerably improved enhancement
capability over the HE and UM methods.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {1},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {1 - 9},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6650},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/37},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 37, 2010},
	}