Disruptive Technologies for Society 5.0

20 Multi-Modality Medical Image Fusion Using SWT & Speckle Noise Reduction with Bidirectional Exact Pattern Matching Algorithm

Kapil Joshi, Minakshi Memoria, Laxman Singh, Parag Verma, and Archana Barthwal

Contents

20.1 Introduction

20.2 Medical Modalities

20.2.1 X-Ray

20.2.2 Ultrasound

20.2.3 Computed Tomography (CT)

20.2.4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

20.2.5 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

20.2.6 Speckle Noise Based Model

20.2.6.1 Types of Speckle Noise Filter

20.3 Strategies of Image Fusion

20.3.1 Spatial Fusion Domain

20.3.1.1 Average Methodology

20.3.1.2 Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

20.3.1.3 Intensity Hue Saturation (IHS)

20.3.1.4 High Pass Filter (HPF)

20.3.1.5 Brovey Transforms (BT)

20.3.2 Transform Fusion of Domain

20.3.2.1 ...