Entropy Based Segmentation Model for Kidney Stone and Cyst on Ultrasound Image
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https://doi.org/10.47839/ijc.21.4.2780Keywords:
Pre-processing, Segmentation, Image filters, Kidney diseases, Entropy, Gamma correction, Kidney ultrasound, Thresholding, Kidney stone, Kidney CystAbstract
Segmentation of abnormal masses in kidney images is a tough task. One of the main challenges is the presence of speckle noise, which will restrain the valuable information for the medical practitioners. Hence, the detection and segmentation of the affected regions vary in accuracies. The proposed model includes pre-processing and segmentation of the diseased region. The pre-processing consists of Gaussian filtering and Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLHE) to improve the clarity of the images. Further, segmentation has been done based on the entropy of the image and gamma correction has been done to improve the overall brightness of the images. An optimal global threshold value is selected to extract the region of interest and measures the area. The model is analyzed with statistical parameters like Jaccard index and Dice coefficient and compared with the ground truth images. To check the accuracy of the segmentation, relative error is calculated. This framework can be used by radiologists in diagnosing kidney patients
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