Region Based X-Ray Image Retrieval Using Transform Techniques *Dr
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IJRECE VOL. 3 ISSUE 3 JULY-SEPT. 2015 ISSN: 2393-9028 (PRINT) | ISSN: 2348-2281 (ONLINE) Region Based X-Ray Image Retrieval using Transform Techniques *Dr. Ch. Raja *Associate Professor, Department of ECE, MGIT, Hyderabad, India. Abstract - Region Based Medical Image Retrieval (RBMIR) time of the search algorithm while extracting similar became popular aspect in Content Based Medical Image looking images from database [1].Therefore retrieval Retrieval (CBMIR) domain. Locally computed visual algorithm should compute optimal and minimal attributes attributes of a radiographic image has significant role in that better represent the images. This speeds up the retrieval retrieving the similar images from databases when process and results in faster extraction of similar images compared with globally computed features and this is one of from database. the prime aspects in making clinical decisions. Better X-Ray medical images are rich in textural representation, disease identification can be made by finding images of the compared to intensity and shape attributes, texture attributes same modality of an anatomic region. This obviously represent these images in a better way. According to the improves the healthcare system efficiency. X-Ray images survey of [5] and the work done in [2] textural features are best described in textural distributions compared to computed in transformed domain shown superior retrieval shape and intensity. The texture attributes computed from performance over spatially extracted attributes. Based on transformed domains shown superior performance over that in this work features extracted by transforming the spatially computed features. In this paper we proposed a image with Discrete Sine Transform (DST), Discrete Cosine novel approach for RBMIR by computing the region wise Transform (DCT), Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and visual attributes from four transformed domains viz. Discrete Haar Wavelet Transform (DWT). Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Discrete Sine Transform In this work we did the experimentation on IRMA 2009 (DST), Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Discrete dataset. Image Retrieval in Medical Applications (IRMA) Wavelet Transform (DWT). We presented a comparative database consists of fully annotated radiography X-Ray analysis stating which transformation worked well with images arbitrarily taken from Department of Diagnostic what type of query image. We did the experimentation on Radiology, Aachen University of Technology, and RWTH IRMA 2008 and 2009 X-Ray image data sets. The Aachen, Germany. All IRMA images fit in 512 x 512 pixel efficiency of a retrieval process can be increased by size. This database is created every year and is used in selecting the optimal attributes depending on the given CLEFMED medical image retrieval task challenges [3]. query image rather using the same attributes for all queries. These image databases can be downloaded from the link given in [4] with special permissions. Joseph Fourier has proposed a new signal analysis tool Keywords: Region Based Medical Image Retrieval, called Fourier Transform in 1882, with this transform any Transform techniques, DWT, DCT, DFT, DST signal can be represented on frequency basis functions. This transform extracts frequency information very efficiently I. INTRODUCTION but greatly limited in extracting the timing information of Without burdening a physician unduly, what can be the signal [6]. accomplished by a computer is the primary goal of Content Discrete Sine Transform (DST) is similar to DFT but is Based Medical Image Retrieval (CBMIR). This helps the equivalent to the DFT imaginary parts and operates on real doctor and radiologist in understanding and analysing the data with odd symmetry. DST expresses any signal in terms case and leads to an automatic medical image annotation. In of a sum of sine functions with different frequencies and medical image retrieval process, image attributes play amplitudes. crucial role. Integration into Picture Achieving The DCT tends to concentrate information, making it useful Communication Systems (PACS) is an essential process for for image compression applications. Discrete Cosine the clinical use of a retrieval system. Annotation process Transform (DCT) is equivalent to DFT of real and even may be considered as a concept detection in which images functions. DCT transform any signal in terms of sum of pertaining to the same concept can be described cosine functions at various frequencies with different linguistically in different ways based on the specific amplitudes. DCT got its most usage in feature selection in instance of the concept. pattern recognition and image processing. It is a popular In medical applications, images scanned from imaging transformation in JPEG image compression. The DCT can modalities such as the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), be used in the area of digital processing for the purposes of ultrasound and tomography databases for clinical analysis pattern recognition and Wiener filtering. Its performance is and diagnosis become more time consuming with increased compared with that of a class of orthogonal number of images, and this in turn increases the retrieval transforms and is found to compare closely to that of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING A UNIT OF I2OR 135 | P a g e IJRECE VOL. 3 ISSUE 3 JULY-SEPT. 2015 ISSN: 2393-9028 (PRINT) | ISSN: 2348-2281 (ONLINE) Karhunen Lo'eve transform, which is known to be optimal. applications in various fields also analyzed various other The performances of the Karhunen-Lo'eve and discrete transformation techniques and compared Fast Fourier cosine transforms are also found to compare closely with Transforms with Discrete Wavelet Transforms. respect to the rate-distortion criterion [7]. A new approach to region based image retrieval using shape To overcome the drawback of Fourier Transform adaptive discrete wavelet transform discussed in [14]. By researchers come up with a new signal analyzing tool based computing SADWT coefficients independently for o wavelet functions. The transformed signal better represent individual regions features are independent of region frequency as well temporal information of the original translation, rotation and scaling. Performance analysis of signal. The wavelet transform represents a mother wavelet CBIR with cosine and sine transforms with other function with scaling and translation coefficients. The transformations discussed in [15]. Medical image retrieval wavelet transform of a two dimensional image results in one using Discrete Sine Transform discussed in [16]. approximated wavelet subband called LL band and three According to [17] Haar transform is a symmetric separable detail wavelet subbands LH,HL and HH. transform that uses Haar function as basis. The Haar function, which is an odd rectangular pulse pair, is the II. RELATED WORK simplest and oldest orthonormal wavelet, whereas the Fourier transform basis functions differ only in frequency, IRMA image data sets and retrieval of similar modality the Haar functions vary in the both scales of width and images based on prior learning of classifier presented by position. All N2 elements of DCT, DST and Walsh- RWTH Aachen university developers, Mono hierarchical Hadamard transforms are nonzero except the Haar multi axial classification code is presented in [3]. DICOM transform, which has only 2N nonzero entries. These header provides tags to decode the body part examined and features are very important in image processing because in the patient position. many cases spectral coefficients have zero entries before A fast computational algorithm for discrete sine transform next retrieval operations. This case occurs in black and by using a sparse matrix factorization is discussed in [6]. white images very often. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and its computation using FFT presented and performance of KLT and DCT compared III. METHODOLOGY in [7]. In [8] DCT coefficients representing dominant According to our previous works [2] and [5], we learnt that directions and gray level variations are used as features with region based feature extraction result in good retrieval hierarchical similarity measure used for efficient retrieval. performance when compared with global features computed JPEG image retrieval performed in frequency domain based from an image. In this work first the query and database on the DCT coefficients as features. Energy histograms of images of 128 x 128 in size divided into 64 equal sized the low frequency DCT coefficients as features proposed in regions of each in 16 x 16 sized. The DST, DCT, DFT and [9]. To increase the stipulated time of retrieval DCT DWT transformation coefficients computed for every compression technique of low level image features region. Dominant valued coefficients holding maximum presented in [10]. energy used as feature vectors. The implementation of Texture classification based on the energies computed from proposed retrieval system is shown in figure 1. Based on wavelet subband, DCT, uniform subband and spatial [18], [19] Manhattan distance shown improved retrieval partitioning of image subbands proposed in [11]. An compared to Euclidean distance. In both cases query image extensive survey has done on Weyl-Heisenberg coherent feature vector and database image feature set checked with states and affine coherent states (wavelets) and analyzed the Manhattan distance metric for similarity measurement. We way of expressing any function in terms