Magnetic Resonance and Computer Tomography Image Fusion using Novel Weight Maps Obtained by using Median and Guided Filters

Srikanth M. V.*, Nagasirisha B.**, Suneel Kumar A.***, Venkata Lakshmi T.****
*-*** Usha Rama College of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India.
**-**** Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Periodicity:January - March'2024
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jip.11.1.20632

Abstract

An attempt is made in this paper to diagnose brain-related diseases like sarcoma, fatal stroke disease, cerebral disease, and Alzheimer's disease by using saliency information from magnetic resonance and computed tomography source images. The saliency information for each source image is computed using guided and median filters. The obtained saliency maps are used for computing the weight maps of each source image by using image statistics. The obtained weights are used to fuse the approximate and detailed layers of the source images by using the weighted average fusion technique. The proposed algorithm is simulated in MATLAB for various benchmark data sets of brains taken from the brain atlas provided by Harvard Medical School, available at https://www.med.harvard.edu/aanlib. In order to test the efficacy of the novel method, comparative analysis is performed in terms of image quality assessment metrics like mean, mutual information, average gradient, standard deviation, spatial frequency, etc. From the analysis, this paper concludes that the proposed algorithm improved gradient information in the fused image by 35.7%, entropy by 5.7%, spatial frequency by 32.7%, edge strength by 14.5%, and minimized the information loss by 43.6%. Therefore, the novel method of weight map computation produces a detailed and noise-free image, which is helpful for better diagnosis in clinical applications.

Keywords

Image Fusion, Guided Filter, Median Filter, Magnetic Resonance, Computer Tomography, Novel Weight Maps.

How to Cite this Article?

Srikanth, M. V., Nagasirisha, B., Kumar, A. S., and Lakshmi, T. V. (2024). Magnetic Resonance and Computer Tomography Image Fusion using Novel Weight Maps Obtained by using Median and Guided Filters. i-manager’s Journal on Image Processing, 11(1), 12-24. https://doi.org/10.26634/jip.11.1.20632

References

[11]. Patil, S. M. (2016). Image fusion using wavelet transform. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), 5(4), 66-69.
If you have access to this article please login to view the article or kindly login to purchase the article

Purchase Instant Access

Single Article

North Americas,UK,
Middle East,Europe
India Rest of world
USD EUR INR USD-ROW
Pdf 35 35 200 20
Online 35 35 200 15
Pdf & Online 35 35 400 25

Options for accessing this content:
  • If you would like institutional access to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
    Library Recommendation Form
  • If you already have i-manager's user account: Login above and proceed to purchase the article.
  • New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.