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Contrast Stretching Techniques for Enhancement of Mammograms

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Non-Linear Filters for Mammogram Enhancement

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Contrast stretching techniques deal with manipulation of grey-levels of an image that do not properly incur utilization of the dynamic range of the display system. These are spatial processing techniques which modify or enhance the contrast of the image to yield a visually better image for specific application.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Group of Professional Colleges (SRMGPC), Tiwari Ganj, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226028, India

    Vikrant Bhateja

  2. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vikrant Bhateja

  3. Faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University (SRMU), Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, 225003, India

    Mukul Misra

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Shabana Urooj

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Bhateja, V., Misra, M., Urooj, S. (2020). Contrast Stretching Techniques for Enhancement of Mammograms. In: Non-Linear Filters for Mammogram Enhancement. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 861. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0442-6_5

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