I would like to do image processing to recognize a needle in an ultrasound image. Such as the one below
This image is scaled down to 20%

Currently I am thinking about blurring, created a region of interest, thresholding the image and then identifiying the most continous blob of white pixels.
Does anyone have a way to create a blur that utilizes the brightest pixels to change the pixels around it?
Other feedback and methods and input would also be appreciated.
Also @Image Analyst might be interetstedI would like to do image processing to recognize a needle in an ultrasound image. Such as the one below
This image is scaled down to 20%

Currently I am thinking about blurring, created a region of interest, thresholding the image and then identifiying the most continous blob of white pixels.
Does anyone have a way to create a blur that utilizes the brightest pixels to change the pixels around it?
Other feedback and methods and input would also be appreciated.
Also @Image Analyst might be interetsted I would like to do image processing to recognize a needle in an ultrasound image. Such as the one below
This image is scaled down to 20%

Currently I am thinking about blurring, created a region of interest, thresholding the image and then identifiying the most continous blob of white pixels.
Does anyone have a way to create a blur that utilizes the brightest pixels to change the pixels around it?
Other feedback and methods and input would also be appreciated.
Also @Image Analyst might be interetsted image analysis, digital image processing, ultrasound MATLAB Answers — New Questions

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