Three-band MRI image fusion utilizing the wavelet-based method optimized with two quantitative fusion metrics

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6144 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zheng, Yufeng ^a   Elmaghraby, Adel S ^a   Frigui, Hichem ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete wavelet transform (DWT); Fusion evaluation; Image fusion; Image quality index; Iterative fusion; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; VISUALIZATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM (DWT); FUSION EVALUATION; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE QUALITY INDEX; ITERATIVE FUSION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33745123695     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.651689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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