Reversible Data Hiding-Based Contrast Enhancement With Adaptive Stretching Interval for ROI of Medical Image
Guangyong Gao, Xiangyang Hu, Shanshan Yang, Zhihua Xia · IEEE Signal Processing Letters · 2025
Contrast enhancement methods based on reversible data hiding (RDHCE) can be used for contrast enhancement of medical images, which is a hot research topic in recent years. However, the region of interest (ROI) of medical images cannot be accurately segmented using the current RDHCE algorithms and histogram pixels clustering in medical images results in incorrect localization of longer intervals, which affects the contrast enhancement effect of images. In this paper, the Unet3+ network model is used, which makes the segmented ROI region and ROI histogram clearer and more accurate than those obtained by the traditional segmentation methods and the algorithm integrates a larger embedding capacity and a better visual quality of the image. It adaptively determines and stretches the interval of the ROI greyscale histogram and at the same time enlarges the embedding capacity of the ROI to enhance the contrast of the image. The proposed algorithm improves the visual quality of medical images by 20% and enhances ROI embedding capacity by 25% compared to existing methods.