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Enhancement and segmentation of Ziehl Neelson sputum slide images using contrast enhancement and Otsu threshold technique
Enhancement and segmentation of Ziehl Neelson sputum slide images using contrast enhancement and Otsu threshold technique
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2023
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Ainul Kamilah Mohd Yusoff
Rafikha Aliana A Raof
Norfadila Mahrom
Siti Suraya Md Noor
Fazrul Faiz Zakaria
Phak Len Al Eh Kan
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Semarak Ilmu Publishing
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Image processing is the most effective method for enhancement and segmentation of tuberculosis bacilli in sputum smear samples. Improper straining can result in poor screening results such as over-staining, under-staining, and blurred images. The goal is to find an image enhancement and segmentation technique that will prepare the image for feature extraction. There are still some shortcomings with existing method when it is implemented on Ziehl Neelsen images. In normal images, TB bacilli can be identified easily, but in blur and images with dark background, TB bacilli are sometimes hidden behind the sputum cells. Hence, the basic method of contrast enhancement is not enough to improve the contrast of TB bacilli as the object of interest within the image. In this study, the combination of local and partial contrast enhancement is proposed as the best method for image enhancement. Image segmentation can be accomplished using Otsu thresholding technique. Otsu's method is presented as most suitable image processing techniques in this paper. The goal of the Otsu Threshold is to find a threshold value that distinguishes the object of interest from the background. Experiment shows that the combination of local and partial contrast enhancement followed by Otsu’s method achieve an average segmentation accuracy of 98.93% when applied on 50 images of sputum smear.
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Contrast Enhancement,
Image Enhancement,
Image Segmentation,
Otsu Threshold,
Ziehl-Neelson