"ASCE Enhanced Lung X-ray Dataset for Normal, Viral, and Bacterial Pneumonia Classification"

This dataset contains anatomically segmented and color-enhanced chest X-ray (CXR) images, processed using the ASCE (Anatomical Segmentation and Color-Based Enhancement) pipeline. It includes 934 Normal, 1513 Viral Pneumonia, and 2587 Bacterial Pneumonia cases, originally sourced from Mendeley Data Repository, and used in the study titled “An Anatomically Enhanced and Clinically Validated Framework for Lung Abnormality Classification Using Deep Features and KL Divergence.”

ASCE-Enhanced Chest X-ray Dataset

This dataset contains color-enhanced and anatomically segmented chest X-ray images processed using the ASCE (Anatomical Segmentation and Color-Based Enhancement) framework. It includes three clinically relevant categories:- Normal (934 images)- Viral Pneumonia (1513 images)- Bacterial Pneumonia (2587 images)

Origin and AttributionThis dataset is a derived work based on the original dataset published at:[Mendeley Data - 8gf9vpkhgy](https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/8gf9vpkhgy/1)

Original Source Citation  > V. Labs, Darwin’s Auto-Annotate AI.  > "Lung Mask and Chest X-ray Data", Mendeley Data, V1.  > [https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/8gf9vpkhgy/1](https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/8gf9vpkhgy/1)

DescriptionEach image in this dataset has undergone:1. Contrast and brightness adjustment2. Histogram equalization3. Bilateral filtering for texture preservation4. Selective sharpening5. Anatomical segmentation of:   - Blood Vessels (Red)   - Bronchial Tree (Green)   - Alveoli (Blue)

These enhanced images were used in the research titled:  "An anatomically enhanced and clinically validated framework for lung abnormality classification using deep features and KL divergence"

  Folder Structure

ASCE_Enhanced_Renamed/├── Normal/├── Virus/├── Bacteria/├── metadata.csv└── dataset_thumbnail.png