Author/Editor		Finkšt, Tomaž; Tasič, Jurij F.; Terčelj-Zorman, Marjeta; Zajc, Matej
Title		Autofluorescence bronchoscopy image processing in the selected colour spaces
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 58, št. 9
Publication year		2012
Volume		str. 501-508, SI 103
Language		eng
Abstract		Reading diagnostic medical images usually requires the expertise of a specialist physician. To aid physicians we have developed an algorithm that deduces medical information by analysing colour nuances of an image obtained by bronchoscopy. The goal is to ensure a high probability of detecting bronchial cancer. Autofluorescent bronchoscopy images are analysed by the proposed algorithm. The machine-made diagnoses of early cancer stages are highly correlated with the diagnoses made by a medical expert. Reading the image using a specialized apparatus and producing a pre-diagnosis by image-recognition software and a special set of rules has the potential to produce automated second opinions for most cases of the disease.
Keywords		colour spaces image processing image segmentation edge detection autofluorescence bronchoscopy barvni prostori obdelava slik zajem slik razčlenjevanje slik ugotavljanje obrisov autofluorescenčna bronhoskopija