Medical image enhancement algorithm based on NSCT and the improved fuzzy contrast

In order to solve the problem of noise amplification, low contrast and image distortion in the process of medical image enhancement, a new algorithm is proposed which combines NSCT (nonsubsampled contourlet transform) and improved fuzzy contrast. The image is decomposed by NSCT. Firstly, linear enhancement method is used in low frequency coefficients; secondly the improved adaptive threshold function is used to deal with the high frequency coefficients. Finally, the improved fuzzy contrast is used to enhance the global contrast and the Laplace operator is used to enhance the details of the medical images. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the image visual effects, remove the noise and enhance the details of medical images. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 25, 7–14, 2015     

An efficient and automatic glioblastoma brain tumor detection using shift‐invariant shearlet transform and neural networks

The detection and segmentation of tumor region in brain image is a critical task due to the similarity between abnormal and normal region. In this article, a computer‐aided automatic detection and segmentation of brain tumor is proposed. The proposed system consists of enhancement, transformation, feature extraction, and classification. The shift‐invariant shearlet transform (SIST) is used to enhance the brain image. Further, nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) is used as multiresolution transform which transforms the spatial domain enhanced image into multiresolution image. The texture features from grey level co‐occurrence matrix (GLCM), Gabor, and discrete wavelet transform (DWT) are extracted with the approximate subband of the NSCT transformed image. These extracted features are trained and classified into either normal or glioblastoma brain image using feed forward back propagation neural networks. Further, K‐means clustering algorithm is used to segment the tumor region in classified glioblastoma brain image. The proposed method achieves 89.7% of sensitivity, 99.9% of specificity, and 99.8% of accuracy.     

A medical image enhancement method using adaptive thresholding in NSCT domain combined unsharp masking

In the process of medical image formation, the medical image is often interfered by various factors, and it is deteriorated by some new noise that may reduce the quality of the obtained image, which affect the clinical diagnosis seriously. A new medical image enhancement method is proposed in this article. Firstly, the initial medical image is decomposed into the NSCT domain with a low‐frequency sub‐band, and several high‐frequency sub‐bands. Secondly, linear transformation is adopted for the coefficients of the low‐frequency sub‐band. An adaptive thresholding method is used for denoising the coefficients of the high‐frequency sub‐bands. Then, all sub‐bands were reconstructed into spatial domains using the inverse transformation of NSCT. Finally, unsharp masking was used to enhance the details of the reconstructed image. The results of experiment show that the proposed method is superior to other methods in image entropy, EME, and PSNR. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 25, 199–205, 2015     

非亚采样Contourlet 遥感图像融合

非亚采样 Contourlet 变换是在非亚采样塔型滤波器及非亚采样方向滤波器组的基础上建立起来的,它是一种移不变多方向多尺度图像表示方法.介绍了该变换的结构特点与系数分布特性,并研究了基于非亚采样Contourlet 变换的图像融合算法.该算法利用非亚采样Contourlet 的平移不变性以及NSCT 系数特点,有效准确地提取图像边缘与细节区域,并分别在高、低频域针对不同区域采用不同的融合方法,有效挖掘了待融合图像中的有效信息.这种具有多分辨率分析和多方向滤波特点的处理方法,提高了融合后遥感图像中的信息量和清晰度,对不同分辨率不同方向上的信息进行挖掘及融合,解决了传统小波融合算法中方向数目受限的不足.通过仿真实验与传统融合方法进行比较,验证了该方法的有效性和优越性.     

Improving medical image fusion method using fuzzy entropy and nonsubsampling contourlet transform

Many types of medical images must be fused, as single‐modality medical images can only provide limited information due to the imaging principles and the complexity of human organ structures. In this paper, a multimodal medical image fusion method that combines the advantages of nonsubsampling contourlet transform (NSCT) and fuzzy entropy is proposed to provide a basis for clinical diagnosis and improve the accuracy of target recognition and the quality of fused images. An image is initially decomposed into low‐ and high‐frequency subbands through NSCT. The corresponding fusion rules are adopted in accordance with the different characteristics of the low‐ and high‐frequency components. The membership degree of low‐frequency coefficients is calculated. The fuzzy entropy is also computed and subsequently used to guide the fusion of coefficients to preserve image details. High‐frequency components are fused by maximizing the regional energy. The final fused image is obtained by inverse transformation. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves good fusion effect based on the subjective visual effect and objective evaluation criteria. This method can also obtain high average gradient, SD, and edge preservation and effectively retain the details of the fused image. The results of the proposed algorithm can provide effective reference for doctors to assess patient condition.     

Image speckle noise denoising by a multi-layer fusion enhancement method based on block matching and 3D filtering

In order to improve speckle noise denoising of block matching and 3D filtering (BM3D) method, an image frequency-domain multi-layer fusion enhancement method (MLFE-BM3D) based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) has been proposed. The method designs an NSCT hard threshold denoising enhancement to preprocess the image, then uses fusion enhancement in NSCT domain to fuse the preliminary estimation results of images before and after the NSCT hard threshold denoising, finally, BM3D denoising is carried out with the fused image to obtain the final denoising result. Experiments on natural images and medical ultrasound images show that MLFE-BM3D method can achieve better visual effects than BM3D method, the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of the denoised image is increased by 0.5?dB. The MLFE-BM3D method can improve the denoising effect of speckle noise in the texture region, and still maintain a good denoising effect in the smooth region of the image.     

Multi-focus image fusion based on the non-subsampled contourlet transform

In this paper, a new image fusion algorithm based on non-subsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) is proposed for the fusion of multi-focus images. The selection of different subband coefficients obtained by the NSCT decomposition is critical to image fusion. So, in this paper, firstly, original images are decomposed into different frequency subband coefficients by NSCT. Secondly, the selection of the low-frequency subband coefficients and the bandpass directional subband coefficients is discussed in detail. For the selection of the low-frequency subband coefficients, the non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) method is adopted. For the selection of bandpass directional subband coefficients, a regional cross-gradient method that selects the coefficients according to the minimum of the regional cross-gradient is proposed. Finally, the fused image is obtained by performing the inverse NSCT on the combined coefficients. The experimental results show that the proposed fusion algorithm can achieve significant results in getting a new image where all parts are sharp.     

一种NSCT域多聚焦图像融合新方法

针对多聚焦图像融合存在的问题,提出一种基于非下采样Contourlet变换（NSCT）的多聚焦图像融合新方法。首先,采用NSCT对多聚焦图像进行分解;然后,对低频系数采用基于改进拉普拉斯能量和（SML）的视觉特征对比度进行融合,对高频系数采用基于二维Log-Gabor能量进行融合;最后,对得到的融合系数进行重构得到融合图像。实验结果表明,无论是运用视觉的主观评价,还是基于互信息、边缘信息保留值等客观评价标准,该文所提方法都优于传统的离散小波变换、平移不变离散小波变换、NSCT等融合方法。     

无下采样轮廓波变换纹理图像检索系统

针对基本轮廓波变换纹理检索系统检索率较低的问题,提出了一种无下采样轮廓波变换(NSCT)纹理图像检索系统.该系统采用的轮廓波变换由无下采样拉普拉斯金字塔级联无下采样方向滤波器构成,特征向量采用子带系数的能量和标准偏差连接而成;以Canberra距离为相似度度量标准.比较了基于同样架构的基本轮廓波变换和NSCT纹理检索系统的性能.实验结果表明:在特征向量长度,检索时间、所需存储空间基本相同的情况下,NSCT检索系统比基本轮廓波变换检索系统具有更高的检索率;NSCT分解结构参数以及图像类型对于平均检索率也有较大的影响.     

An improved multimodal medical image fusion scheme based on hybrid combination of nonsubsampled contourlet transform and stationary wavelet transform

This research proposes an improved hybrid fusion scheme for non-subsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) and stationary wavelet transform (SWT). Initially, the source images are decomposed into different sub-bands using NSCT. The locally weighted sum of square of the coefficients based fusion rule with consistency verification is used to fuse the detailed coefficients of NSCT. The SWT is employed to decompose approximation coefficients of NSCT into different sub-bands. The entropy of square of the coefficients and weighted sum-modified Laplacian is employed as the fusion rules with SWT. The final output is obtained using inverse NSCT. The proposed research is compared with existing fusion schemes visually and quantitatively. From the visual analysis, it is observed that the proposed scheme retained important complementary information of source images in a better way. From the quantitative comparison, it is seen that this scheme gave improved edge information, clarity, contrast, texture, and brightness in the fused image.     

Automated detection of glioblastoma tumor in brain magnetic imaging using ANFIS classifier

This article proposes a novel and efficient methodology for the detection of Glioblastoma tumor in brain MRI images. The proposed method consists of the following stages as preprocessing, Non‐subsampled Contourlet transform (NSCT), feature extraction and Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system classification. Euclidean direction algorithm is used to remove the impulse noise from the brain image during image acquisition process. NSCT decomposes the denoised brain image into approximation bands and high frequency bands. The features mean, standard deviation and energy are computed for the extracted coefficients and given to the input of the classifier. The classifier classifies the brain MRI image into normal or Glioblastoma tumor image based on the feature set. The proposed system achieves 99.8% sensitivity, 99.7% specificity, and 99.8% accuracy with respect to the ground truth images available in the dataset.     

基于 NSCT 域特征和 PCNN 的SAR 图像目标分割

针对 SAR 图像的目标自动分割问题,在分析非下采样轮廓波变换和脉冲耦合神经网络的基础上,提出了一种基于非下采样轮廓波域特征图和 PCNN 的 SAR 图像目标分割算法.对 SAR 图像经过 NSCT 分解后的高、低频图像分别运用不同方式进行处理.对低频图用 PCNN 进行分割以获取目标所在的区域,对高频子带构造了特征图,对特征图利用 PCNN 进行分割以获取目标的精细结构.利用 MSTAR 数据进行了仿真实验,并与基于模糊 C 均值的分割算法、基于马尔可夫随机场的分割算法进行了对比.实验结果表明,所提出算法对 SAR 图像目标的分割结果更为准确,同时较其它算法具有更强的抗噪性能,是一种有效可行的 SAR 目标分割算法.     

Contourlet变换和遗传算法相结合的沥青红外图像增强方法

沥青施工过程中,采集的红外图像容易受到周围环境噪声的影响,使图像变得模糊、信噪比低,从而导致后续图像处理分析的准确度降低。针对该噪声特性,提出了一种Contourlet变换和遗传算法相结合的红外图像增强方法。首先对原始红外图像进行Contourlet变换,得到带有多尺度、多方向信息的带通子带,然后对其进行模糊增强,并通过自适应遗传算法优化模糊增强参数,最后对增强后的带通子带进行Contourlet逆变换,得到效果增强的红外图像。实验结果表明,与其它几种常用的红外图像增强方法相比,此方法能更有效地抑制噪声,提高清晰度,取得了较好的增强效果。     

Statistical correlative model in the multimodal fusion of brain images

Fusing multimodal medical images into an integrated image, providing more details and rich information thereby facilitating medical diagnosis and therapy. Most of the existing multiscale-based fusion methods ignore the correlations between the decomposition coefficients and lead to incomplete fusion results. A novel contextual hidden Markov model (CHMM) is proposed to construct the statistical model of contourlet coefficients. First, the pair brain images are decomposed into multiscale, multidirectional, and anisotropic subbands with a contourlet transform. Then the low-frequency components are fused with the choose-max rule. For the high-frequency coefficients, the CHMM is learned with the EM algorithm, and incorporate with a novel fuzzy entropy-based context, building the fuzzy relationships among these coefficients. Finally, the fused brain image is obtained by using the inverse contourlet transform. Fusion experiments on several multimodal brain images show the superiority of the proposed method in terms of both visual quality and some widely used objective measures.     

Optimal multi-scale geometric fusion based on non-subsampled contourlet transform and modified central force optimization

In the current era of technological development, medical imaging plays an important part in several applications of medical diagnosis and therapy. This requires more precise images with much more details and information for correct medical diagnosis and therapy. Medical image fusion is one of the solutions for obtaining much spatial and spectral information in a single image. This article presents an optimization-based contourlet image fusion approach in addition to a comparative study for the performance of both multi-resolution and multi-scale geometric effects on fusion quality. An optimized multi-scale fusion technique based on the Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform (NSCT) using the Modified Central Force Optimization (MCFO) and local contrast enhancement techniques is presented. The first step in the proposed fusion approach is the histogram matching of one of the images to the other to allow the same dynamic range for both images. The NSCT is used after that to decompose the images to be fused into their coefficients. The MCFO technique is used to determine the optimum decomposition level and the optimum gain parameters for the best fusion of coefficients based on certain constraints. Finally, an additional contrast enhancement process is applied on the fused image to enhance its visual quality and reinforce details. The proposed fusion framework is subjectively and objectively evaluated with different fusion quality metrics including average gradient, local contrast, standard deviation (STD), edge intensity, entropy, peak signal-to-noise ratio, Q ^ab/f, and processing time. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed optimized NSCT medical image fusion approach based on the MCFO and histogram matching achieves a superior performance with higher image quality, average gradient, edge intensity, STD, better local contrast and entropy, a good quality factor, and much more details in images. These characteristics help for more accurate medical diagnosis in different medical applications.     

非下采样Contourlet变换域统计模型红外图像去噪

对红外图像进行非下采样Contourlet变换,分析其系数的统计特征,采用广义高斯分布来模拟系数的概率分布。根据非下采样Contourlet变换的带通子带各方向能量不同的特点,提出修正的贝叶斯阈值公式,为了克服软、硬阈值函数的缺点,又提出一种具有可调节自适应性的新阈值函数,最后利用新阈值函数估计出不含噪声的变换系数,并通过非下采样Contourlet逆变换得到去噪后的红外图像。仿真实验表明,文中方法在峰值信噪比及视觉效果上均优于经典的小波阈值去噪算法。     

一种基于 Contourlet 变换的彩色图像全息水印算法

提出了一种结合了全息水印加密技术和 Contourlet 变换技术的彩色图像水印算法。 算法首先将 RGB 模式的水印载体图像转换至 YCrCb 颜色空间,选取亮度分量作为水印载体通道,对其进行多层 Contourlet 分解,得到细节子带图像;而后对二值水印图像进行傅里叶全息加密,将加密后的图像嵌入至载体图像的 Contourlet变换系数中。 仿真实验结果表明,该水印算法具有良好的不可见性,对于常见的几何变换及多种攻击具有良好的鲁棒性。     

基于NSST和SWT的红外与可见光图像融合算法研究

目的鉴于非下采样剪切波变换NSST的红外与可见光图像融合的结果存在细微特征缺失问题,提出一种基于NSST和SWT的红外与可见光图像融合算法,以提升融合图像的质量。方法首先分别对红外与可见光图像进行NSST分解,各得到一个低频系数和多个不同方向、尺度的高频系数。然后低频系数分别通过SWT分解得到新的低频系数和高频系数,通过SWT分解得到的新的低频系数和高频系数分别采用采用线性加权平均法和区域平均能量取大的融合策略,融合结果再进行SWT逆变换得到低频系数融合结果。高频系数采用区域平均能量取大的融合策略进行融合。最后通过NSST逆变换得到最终的融合图像。结果通过仿真实验结果表明,文中算法与NSST,SWT和NSCT等算法相比,融合图像在主观视觉上的红外目标更突出,图像细节更清晰,且在IE, AG, QAB/F, SF和SD等评价指标上也最优。结论文中算法的融合结果能更好地表现源图像的目标信息和细节纹理信息,表明该算法具有优越性。     

A computer‐aided approach for meningioma brain tumor detection using CANFIS classifier

Abnormal growth of cells in brain leads to the formation of tumors in brain. The earlier detection of the tumors in brain will save the life of the patients. Hence, this article proposes a computer‐aided fully automatic methodology for brain tumor detection using Co‐Active Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (CANFIS) classifier. The internal region of the brain image is enhanced using image normalization technique and further contourlet transform is applied on the enhanced brain image for the decomposition with different scales. The grey level and heuristic features are extracted from the decomposed coefficients and these features are trained and classified using CANFIS classifier. The performance of the proposed brain tumor detection is analyzed in terms of classification accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and segmentation accuracy.     

A fuzzy logic‐based meningioma tumor detection in magnetic resonance brain images using CANFIS and U‐Net CNN classification

This article develops a methodology for meningioma brain tumor detection process using fuzzy logic based enhancement and co‐active adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system and U‐Net convolutional neural network classification methods. The proposed meningioma tumor detection process consists of the following stages as, enhancement, feature extraction, and classifications. The enhancement of the source brain image is done using fuzzy logic and then dual tree‐complex wavelet transform is applied to this enhanced image at different levels of scale. The features are computed from the decomposed sub band images and these features are further classified using CANFIS classification method which identifies the meningioma brain image from nonmeningioma brain image. The performance of the proposed meningioma brain tumor detection and segmentation system is analyzed in terms of sensitivity, specificity, segmentation accuracy, and Dice coefficient index with detection rate.