[Studies on trigonometric transform enhancement of chest radiograph based on its anatomical feature]

In this paper, we present a novel trigonometric transform contrast enhancement method for digital chest radiograph, which is based on the anatomical feature of the image processed. With automatic segmenting chest image into a lung region and a non-chest region, a positive linear transform and a negative one are used in lung region and the other region respectively. Therefore, it can enhance the contrast both in lung regions and in mediastinum region up to entire dynamic range of display device.