Quality Enhancement of Radiographic X-ray Images by Interpretable Mapping

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12245v1
• Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:04:53 GMT
• Title: Quality Enhancement of Radiographic X-ray Images by Interpretable Mapping
• Authors: Hongxu Yang, Najib Akram Aboobacker, Xiaomeng Dong, German Gonzalez, Lehel Ferenczi, Gopal Avinash,
• Abstract summary: inconsistency in the initial presentation of X-ray images is a common complaint by radiologists. Existing deep-learning-based end-to-end solutions can automatically correct images with promising performances. A novel interpretable mapping method by deep learning is proposed, which automatically enhances the image brightness and contrast globally and locally.
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• Abstract: X-ray imaging is the most widely used medical imaging modality. However, in the common practice, inconsistency in the initial presentation of X-ray images is a common complaint by radiologists. Different patient positions, patient habitus and scanning protocols can lead to differences in image presentations, e.g., differences in brightness and contrast globally or regionally. To compensate for this, additional work will be executed by clinical experts to adjust the images to the desired presentation, which can be time-consuming. Existing deep-learning-based end-to-end solutions can automatically correct images with promising performances. Nevertheless, these methods are hard to be interpreted and difficult to be understood by clinical experts. In this manuscript, a novel interpretable mapping method by deep learning is proposed, which automatically enhances the image brightness and contrast globally and locally. Meanwhile, because the model is inspired by the workflow of the brightness and contrast manipulation, it can provide interpretable pixel maps for explaining the motivation of image enhancement. The experiment on the clinical datasets show the proposed method can provide consistent brightness and contrast correction on X-ray images with accuracy of 24.75 dB PSNR and 0.8431 SSIM.

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