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High Dynamic Range in X-ray Imaging

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Information Technology in Biomedicine (ITIB 2018)

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The article demonstrates the usability of HDR techniques applied to the X-ray images. It is intended for the improvement of diagnostic abilities of the X-ray imaging through the fusion of different exposures obtained with different photon energies (kVp). The article comprises background analysis, proof-of-concept using the generic exposure fusion through the Laplace pyramid and a broad survey of tone mapping techniques. The results of the survey were obtained through the experts systematic quality assessment using an adjective-numerical scale.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank Dr. J. Ihnatowicz, and D. Bednorz for help in acquiring images. Thanks also go to Dr. R. Fabisz, J. Karel, M. Ksoll, A. Balicz, M. Stefanek for evaluation of images. The evaluation was done with the hardware purchased within the Motorola Solutions Foundation grant realized by Institute of Computer Science at Silesian University of Technology, no ZZD/1/Rau2/2015/507. We also acknowledge the support of Silesian University of Technology grant BK-213/RAu2/2018.

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Przemysław Skurowski

  2. Silesian Veterinary Center, Chorzów, Poland

    Kamila Wicher

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  1. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

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  2. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Pawel Badura

  3. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Jacek Kawa

  4. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Wojciech Wieclawek

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Skurowski, P., Wicher, K. (2019). High Dynamic Range in X-ray Imaging. In: Pietka, E., Badura, P., Kawa, J., Wieclawek, W. (eds) Information Technology in Biomedicine. ITIB 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 762. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91211-0_4

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