Edge-Detection Based on the Statistical Correlation of Local Histograms in Angiographic Images[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2000, 5(9): 750. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20000908.
edge-detection is one of the emphases in research for the angiographic image's characteristics of low signal-to-noise ratio
plentiful low-level textures
and gently ramped edges. Edge-detection is the base of tissues' segmentation
measurement and analysis in angiographic images.In general
digital angiographic image's signal-to-noise ratio is low
and there are plenty of low-level textures. Moreover
almost all of the edges are ramp and weak ones. The edge-detection is still one of the emphases for research and clinical applications. This paper presents a new method for detection of the edges in digital angiographic images. We found that histograms of local regions across edges of images are statistically different from that of those where no edge is crossed. This difference can be utilized for the detection of edges of angiographic images. We propose a maximum statistical relativity (MSR) algorithm that is a kind of matching filter. As a result
the edge-detection algorithm is not sensitive to noise and low-level textures of images.