Grayscale and Binary Image Enhancement of Hand Vein Images to Aid Peripheral Intravenous Access

• Main Authors: Marlina, Yakno, Junita, Mohd Saleh, Bakhtiar, Affendi Rosdi
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: INASE 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9289/1/Grayscale%20and%20binary%20image%20enhancement%20of%20hand%20vein%20images%20to%20aid%20peripheral%20intravenous%20access.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9289/; http://www.inase.org/library/2015/vienna/bypaper/BICHE/BICHE-09.pdf

Difficulty in achieving a peripheral intravenous (IV) access in pediatric and some adult’s patient is a clinical problem. The use of near-infrared imaging device to aid visualization of an IV access usually suffers from low contrast and noise due to nonillumination and thickness of hand skin. This...