Curvelet fusion of MR and CT images

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 215-224

  Ali, F E ^a   El Dokany, I M ^a   Saad, A A ^a   Abd El Samie, F E ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE FUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CT IMAGE; CURVED SHAPES; CURVELET TRANSFORMS; CURVELETS; MR IMAGES; PEAK SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SINGLE IMAGES; VISUAL QUALITIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 75449090512     PISSN: 19378718     EISSN: 15309681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERC08041305     Document Type: Article

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