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Contrast Enhancement for Liver Tumor Identification

Nugroho, Hanung Adi, Ihtatho, Dani, Nugroho, Hermawan
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/10380/1437
New: Prefer using the following doi: https://doi.org/10.54294/1uhwld
Published in The MIDAS Journal - MICCAI 2008 Workshop: Grand Challenge Liver Tumor Segmentation.
Submitted by Hanung adi Nugroho on 2008-07-08T13:10:03Z.

In CT images, tumors located in a liver are generally identified by intensity difference between tumor and liver. The intensity of the tumor can be lower and or higher than that of the liver. However, the main problem of liver tumor detection from is related to low contrast between tumor and liver intensities. Tumor sometimes presents in a very small dimension and makes the detection even more difficult. In this work, we focus on contrast enhancement of CT images containing liver and tumor based on the histogram processing as a necessary preprocessing for liver tumor identification. Results show that using our proposed method, the contrast of the CT images can be enhanced and results in relatively accurate identification of tumors in the liver.