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A DCP-based Method for Improving Laparoscopic Images

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Laparoscopy is an invasive surgical technique performed in abdominal surgery that provides faster recovery than conventional open surgeries. It requires to introduce a camera to observe the surgical maneuvers. However, during this intervention, the quality of the image may be reduced due to the creation of water vapor and carbon dioxide inside the pelvic-abdominal cavity. This phenomenon produces a nebulous image that causes interruptions during the surgical intervention. Removing this nebulous effect is a key factor to improve the vision of the surgeon. In this study, we have used a method based on the dark channel prior to remove the haze in video frames of laparoscopic surgeries to provide better quality images. The results have been positively evaluated by specialists using real video frames of laparoscopic surgeries, thus demonstrating that this method can be effective in improving the quality of the images without losing any detail of the original image.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. Pablo Enríquez Valens for his collaboration in this work.

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This study was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of the Spanish Government (ref. TIN2014-53067-C3-1-R) and co-financed by FEDER.

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  1. Department of Computer Technology, University of Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690, Alicante, Spain

    Daniel Ruiz-Fernández, Alberto de Ramón-Fernández & Víctor Vives-Boix

  2. Department of Physics, Systems Engineering and Signal Theory, University of Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690, Alicante, Spain

    Juan José Galiana-Merino

  3. Medical Informatics IBIS Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    Pablo Enríquez-Buendía

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Ruiz-Fernández, D., Galiana-Merino, J.J., de Ramón-Fernández, A. et al. A DCP-based Method for Improving Laparoscopic Images. J Med Syst 44, 78 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-020-1529-5

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