An objective function based technique for devignetting fundus imagery using MST

Title

An objective function based technique for devignetting fundus imagery using MST

Creator

Shamsudeen F.M.; Raju G.

Description

Fundus photography is a powerful imaging modality that is utilized for detecting macular degeneration, retinal neoplasms, choroid disturbances, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. As the illumination source in fundus imaging is situated at the center of the fundus camera, the illumination at the peripheral regions of the images would be relatively less than the center, which is termed vignetting. Vignetting adversely affects the performance of computerized methods for analyzing fundus imagery. A devignetting method for fundus imagery based on the Modified Sigmoid Transform (MST) is proposed in this paper. Gain (A) and centering parameter (?) of MST have a crucial influence on its performance. For low values of the gain, local contrast is penalized, and the overall dynamic range is compressed. When the value of gain is very high, the images after the illumination correction will have a washed out appearance. The optimum value of gain is determined in this paper from an objective method based on two statistical indices, Average Gradient of Illumination Component (AGIC) and Error of Enhancement (EME). MST with gain value defined via objective methods is able to correct the uneven illumination in fundus images without penalizing the local contrast. The proposed method is compared with illumination equalization model, homomorphic filtering and Adaptive Gamma Correction (AGC) and was found to be superior in terms of naturality uniformity of background illumination, and computational speed. 2018

Source

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Vol-14, pp. 82-91.

Date

2019-01-01

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Subject

Average gradient of illumination component; Devignetting; Error of enhancement; Fundus imagery; Illumination correction; Modified sigmoid transform (MST); Objective function

Coverage

Shamsudeen F.M., School of Computer Science, MG University, Kottayam, India, Department of Computer Applications, TKM College of Engineering, India; Raju G., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Christ (deemed to be University), Kanminike, Kumbalagod Post, Bengaluru, 560074, India

Rights

All Open Access; Gold Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 23529148

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2018.10.001

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