MULTIRESOLUTION MORPHOLOGICAL FUSION OF MR AND CT IMAGES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

被引:77
作者
MATSOPOULOS, GK [1 ]
MARSHALL, S [1 ]
BRUNT, JNH [1 ]
机构
[1] CLATTERBRIDGE CTR ONCOL, DEPT MED PHYS, WIRRAL L63 4JY, MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND
来源
IEE PROCEEDINGS-VISION IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING | 1994年 / 141卷 / 03期
关键词
IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1049/ip-vis:19941184
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A hierarchical image fusion scheme is presented which preserves the details of the input images regardless of their scale. The technique is demonstrated by fusing images of the human brain derived from magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) scanners. Results are given to show that fused images preserve a more complete representation of anatomical and pathological structures, providing information that cannot be obtained by processing the images at a single scale.
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页码:137 / 142
页数:6
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