Application Of Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) On The Quality And Pathological Information Of Chest X-Ray (CXR) Images In Covid-19  Patients In The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Room

I Wayan Juliasa; Nyoman Supriyani; I Made Lana Prasetya; I Wayan Juliasa; Nyoman Supriyani; I Made Lana Prasetya

doi:10.61096/ijamscr.v11.iss1.2023.1-5

Application Of Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) On The Quality And Pathological Information Of Chest X-Ray (CXR) Images In Covid-19 Patients In The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Room

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January 6, 2023

Application Of Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) On The Quality And Pathological Information Of Chest X-Ray (CXR) Images In Covid-19 Patients In The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Room

https://doi.org/10.61096/ijamscr.v11.iss1.2023.1-5

I Wayan Juliasa

Academy of Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Engineering, Denpasar, Indonesia

Nyoman Supriyani

Academy of Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Engineering, Denpasar, Indonesia

I Made Lana Prasetya

Academy of Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Engineering, Denpasar, Indonesia

Corresponding Author(s) : I Wayan Juliasa

juliasawayan82@gmail.com

International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research, Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): 2023 Volume -11 - Issue 1
Article Published : January 6, 2023

Abstract

Background: The advantages of mobile or portable Chest X-Ray (CXR) in Covid-19 patients are the minimal radiation received compared to CT Scan, as well as evaluating or evaluating patient diagnoses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) room. CXR in the Anterior Posterior (AP) projection with a Covid-19 patient who sleeps on his back or sits in the ICU room is usually uncooperative in adjusting the patient's position, resulting in low image quality, requiring Digital Imaging (DIP) in an effort to improve image quality. This study used DIP Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) on images of Covid-19 patients in the ICU, and compared before and after CLAHE to quality and pathology information.
Objectives: Improving the quality and pathological information of CXR images in Covid-19 patients in the ICU with the application of CLAHE and to find out the most optimal differences in pathology information.
Methods: Quasi experiment with the Pretest Posttest Without Control Group Design. Sample calculation using purposive sampling with saturation time, Where this study used 20 samples of Covid-19 patients in the ICU room and used 2 Observers, namely radiologists and pulmonologists as Visual Grading Analysis (VGA) assessment of pathology information.
Results: Improving image quality in Covid-19 patients in the ICU before and after CLAHE with MSE values (0.0339), PSNR (111.2541). The after CLAHE image has a higher mean rank than the before CLAHE image.

Keywords

CLAHE, CXR, Covid-19

I Wayan Juliasa, Nyoman Supriyani, I Made Lana Prasetya. Application Of Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) On The Quality And Pathological Information Of Chest X-Ray (CXR) Images In Covid-19 Patients In The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Room. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 6 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];11(1):1-5. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/1276

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Siracusano G, Corte La A, Gaeta M, Cicero G, Chiappini M, Finocchio G. Pipeline for advanced contrast enhancement (Pace) of chest x-ray in evaluating Covid-19 patients by combining bidimensional empirical mode decomposition and contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (clahe). Sustainability. 2020;12(20):1-18. doi: 10.3390/su12208573.

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Sinecen M. Digital image processing with MATLAB. Appl Eng MATLAB Concepts. 2016:1-42. doi: 10.5772/63028.

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