Endoscopic medical images can suffer from uneven illumination, low contrast, and lack of texture information due to the use of point directional light sources and the presence of narrow tissue structures, posing diagnostic difficulties for physicians. In this paper, a deep learning-based supervised illumination enhancement network is designed for low-light endoscopic images, aiming to improve both global illumination and local details. Initially, a global illumination enhancement module is formulated utilizing a higher-order curve function to improve global illumination. Secondly, a local feature extraction module incorporating dual attention is designed to capture local detailed features. Considering the significance of color fidelity in biomedical scenarios, the designed loss function prioritizes introducing color loss to alleviate image color distortion. Compared with seven state-of-the-art enhancement algorithms on Endo4IE endoscopic datasets, experimental results show that the proposed method can better enhance low-light endoscopic images and avoid image color distortion. It provides an efficient method to enhance images captured by endoscopes which can effectively assist clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Endoscopic medical images can suffer from uneven illumination, low contrast, and lack of texture information due to the use of point directional light sources and the presence of narrow tissue structures, posing diagnostic difficulties for physicians. In this paper, a deep learning-based su-pervised illumination enhancement network is designed for low-light endoscopic images, aiming to improve both global illumination and local details. Initially, a global illumination enhancement module is formulated utilizing a higher-order curve function to improve global illumination. Sec-ondly, a local feature extraction module incorporating dual attention is designed to capture local detailed features. Considering the significance of color fidelity in biomedical scenarios, the designed loss function prioritizes introducing color loss to alleviate image color distortion. Compared with seven state-of-the-art enhancement algorithms on Endo4IE endoscopic datasets, experimental re-sults show that the proposed method can better enhance low-light endoscopic images and avoid image color distortion. It provides an efficient method to enhance images captured by endoscopes which can effectively assist clinical diagnosis and treatment.
The quality of low-light endoscopic images involves applications in medical disciplines such as physiology and anatomy for the identification and judgement of tissue structures. Due to the use of point light sources and the constraints of narrow physiological structures, medical endoscopic images display uneven brightness, low contrast, and a lack of texture information, presenting diagnostic challenges for physicians.
Infrared small target detection is a crucial technology in both military and civilian applications, including surveillance, security, defense, and combat. However, accurate infrared detection of small targets in real-time is challenging due to their small size and similarity in gray level and texture with the surrounding environment, as well as interference from the infrared imaging systems in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This article proposes a weighted local contrast method based on the contrast mechanism of the human visual system. Initially, a combined contrast ratio is defined that stems from the pixel-level divergence between the target and its neighboring pixels. Then, an improved regional intensity level is used to establish a weight function with the concept of ratio difference combination, which can effectively suppress complex backgrounds and random noise. In the final step, the contrast and weight functions are combined to create the final weighted local contrast method (WRDLCM). This method does not require any preconditioning and can enhance the target while suppressing background interference. Additionally, it is capable of detecting small targets even when their scale changes. In the experimental section, our algorithm was compared with some popular methods, and the experimental findings indicated that our method showed strong detection capability based on the commonly used performance indicators of the ROC curve, SCRG, and BSF, especially in low signal-to-noise ratio situations. In addition, unlike deep learning, this method is appropriate for small sample sizes and is easy to implement on FPGA hardware.
The journal retracts the article titled “An Infrared Small Target Detection Method Based on a Weighted Human Visual Comparison Mechanism for Safety Monitoring” [...]
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