A curvelet transform approach for the fusion of MR and CT images

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-286

  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

CT; Curvelet fusion; MR; Wavelet fusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; CURVELET TRANSFORMS; CURVELETS; DE-NOISING; FUSION PROCESS; FUSION TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; RIDGELET TRANSFORMS; SIMULATION RESULT; WAVELET FUSION;

DIAGNOSIS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESONANCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951246061     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340903541056     Document Type: Article

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