Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 46, Issue 9, 180689(2019)

Image stitching and partitioning algorithms for infrared thermal human-body images

Chen Chentao1, Pan Zhiwei1, Shen Huiliang1、*, and Zhu Yunfang2
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    The thermal infrared image of the human body directly reflects the temperature distribution of the human body surface. Based on in-depth analysis, the infrared image can provide intelligent diagnosis assistance for human diseases. This paper proposed two preprocessing algorithms, i.e., upper-lower body image-stitching and body image partitioning, for medical infrared image analysis. In the image stitching stage, the human body is first extracted from the background by local thresholding based on the characteristics of the actual imaging environment. Then the upper and lower body images are aligned and fused using binary and grayscale template matching. In the image partitioning stage, the key points of the part area are determined by the extremum-point analysis of the human contour. The human body is then partitioned into regions including head, trunk, limbs, etc. Experiments show that the proposed preprocessing algorithms produce satisfactory results in image-stitching and portioning, and can effectively support the quantitative and qualitative analysis of human body temperature distribution.

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    Chen Chentao, Pan Zhiwei, Shen Huiliang, Zhu Yunfang. Image stitching and partitioning algorithms for infrared thermal human-body images[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2019, 46(9): 180689

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    Category: Article

    Received: Dec. 26, 2018

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 14, 2019

    The Author Email: Huiliang Shen (shenhl@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2019.180689

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