Title :
Multi-resolution analysis using curvelet and wavelet transforms for medical imaging
Author :
AlZubi, Shadi ; Sharif, Mhd Saeed ; Islam, Naveed ; Abbod, Maysam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Brunel Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
Curvelet transform is a new extension of wavelet transform which aims to deal with interesting phenomena occurring along curves. Curvelet transform is particularly a challenging task to classify human organs in CT scans using gray-level information. An efficient implementation of curvelet transform for medical image segmentation and denoising has been presented in this paper. A comparison study has been carried out in this paper between different transforms which reveals that curvelet transform exhibits optimal representation of the region of interest (ROI) with better accuracy and less noise.
Keywords :
biological organs; computerised tomography; image classification; image denoising; image segmentation; medical image processing; wavelet transforms; CT scans; curvelet transforms; gray level information; human organ classification; medical image denoising; medical image segmentation; medical imaging; multiresolution analysis; region of interest; wavelet transforms; Biomedical imaging; Discrete wavelet transforms; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Multiresolution analysis; Curvelet; Medical imaging; Segmentation; Wavelet;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9336-4
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966687