Enhancing MRI Brain Tumor Edge Detection: A Hybrid Preprocessing Approach Utilizing CLAHE

📅 2026-08-27
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本文提出一种结合CLAHE的混合预处理方法,以提高MRI脑肿瘤边界检测准确性,通过优化局部对比度和自动化阈值选择来解决传统算法在噪声、复杂结构下的局限。
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Accurate boundary delineation of brain tumors in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a critical yet formidable challenge in neuro-oncology due to inherent scanner noise, complex anatomical structures, and uneven illumination. Traditional edge detection algorithms, while computationally lightweight and mathematically interpretable, frequently fail to capture the diffuse, localized boundaries of edema when relying solely on global preprocessing and manual parameter tuning. To overcome these limitations, we propose a hybrid automated edge detection pipeline. Our approach integrates an optimally configured Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) layer into a comprehensive morphological preprocessing framework, followed by a deterministic sequential parameter sweep to fully automate threshold selection. The proposed hybrid model demonstrated enhancement in detecting critical anatomical structures in a publicly available benchmark database from Kaggle. By intelligently amplifying localized gradients without overwhelming the image with background noise, our method achieved higher Recall (Sensitivity). Consequently, the overall F1-Score elevated, and the Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) improved, all while maintaining a highly efficient execution. This establishes our optimized pipeline as a highly practical and near real-time operational model for clinical diagnostics, offering a compelling alternative to computationally heavy deep learning approaches.
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MRI
brain tumor
edge detection
anatomical structures
scanner noise
Innovation

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Hybrid Edge Detection
CLAHE
Automated Threshold Selection
Morphological Preprocessing
Efficient Execution
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Shahid-E-Kaiser Md. Tashrif
Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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Munshi Md Arafat Hussain
Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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Sheikh Nahian
Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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Sumaiya Islam
Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh